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1000 Escudos

Issuer Banco de Cabo Verde
Year 1989
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Currency Escudo (1975-date)
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Obverse description Brown and red-brown intaglio on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of Amilcar Cabral is positioned at right, rendered in fine line engraving. Serial number appears in black at left and in red at right.
Obverse lettering BANCO DE CABO VERDE 1000 MIL ESCUDOS 20 de Janeiro de 1989
(Translation: Bank of Cape Verde One Thousand Escudos 20 January 1989)
Reverse description Brown and red-brown on multicolour underprint. A central vignette comprises entomological illustrations including a dragonfly, butterfly, and grasshopper (Schistocerca gregaria, the desert locust). The national Coat of Arms appears at right.
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