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1000 Escudos 1st. print
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1000 Escudos (1000 PTE) |
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| Obverse description | Slate blue on multicolour underprint. Intaglio portrait of Luís de Camões at right, with the Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper centre. Chapa 1; perforated SPECIMEN overprint applied diagonally across the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE PORTUGAL MIL ESCUDOS (Translation: Bank of Portugal Thousand Escudos) |
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Banco de Portugal turned to Bradbury Wilkinson for this high-denomination issue at a moment when Portuguese public finances were in serious disorder — postwar inflation and the costs of participation in the First World War had severely strained the escudo. A 1000 escudo note was not everyday tender; it circulated primarily in commercial and institutional transactions.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work on Portuguese issues of this period is generally fine, and the 1st print designation matters here: subsequent printings introduced minor plate modifications, making print identification relevant for serious collectors of this series.