Dark green and blue on multicolor underprint. King Afonso I on horseback facing Moorish leader on horseback at left; Coat of Arms of Portugal and denomination at center; Portrait of Afonso I at right. Chapa 7.
Reverse description
Dark green on purple and multicolor underprint. Portrait of a Moorish man at left; tomb of Afonso I in Coimbra at centre.
Signature(s)
Álvaro Pedro de Souza, Domingos de Souza e Holstein Beck, Fernando Enes Ulrich, Francisco António Camilo Meira, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, Carlos de Barros Soares Branco, Henrique Missa, Manuel António do Casal-Ribeiro de Carvalho,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Afonso I.
Obverse lettering
1000 1000
BANCO de PORTUGAL
Ch. 7
MIL ESCUDOS OURO
LISBOA
29 DE SETEMBRO DE 1942
O VICE-GOVERNADOR
O ADMINISTRADOR
1000 1000 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Issue 7 One Thousand Escudos in gold Lisbon, September 29, 1942)
Reverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTUGAL 1000
TÚMULO DE D. AFONSO HENRIQUES
1000 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Tomb of Afonso Henriques)