| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 1000 Escudos (1000 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 163 × 104 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 30 June 1979 |
| Reference(s) | P#161 |
| Obverse description | Greenish gray and violet on multicolor underprint. Batalha Monastery at left; Coat of Arms at lower center; portrait of Dona Filipa de Lencastre at right. Chapa 8. |
| Reverse description | Green on multicolor underprint. Portrait of queen Philippa of Lancaster in oval at left and her kneeled depiction on the Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument, alongside her son Ferdinand the Holy Prince (Infante Santo) and the explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509-1583). |
| Signature(s) | Álvaro Pedro de Souza, Fernando Emygdio da Silva, Henrique Missa, João Baptista de Araújo, João Emílio Raposo de Magalhães, José Caeiro da Mata, Manuel António do Casal-Ribeiro de Carvalho, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Bearded man`s head |
| Obverse lettering | 1000 Banco de Portugal 1000
Ch.8
Mil Escudos
Ouro
Lisboa, 31 de Janeiro de 1956 (Translation: Bank of Portugal 8th. print One Thousand Escudos Gold Lisbon, January 31, 1956) |
| Reverse lettering | Banco de Portugal
1000
Mil Escudos (Translation: Bank of Portugal One Thousand Escudos) |
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| Catalog ID | 8313416350 |
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