1000 Pesos

Issuer Guinea-Bissau (1976-date)
Year 1990-1993
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1000 Pesos (1000 GWP)
Currency Peso (1975-1997)
Composition Paper
Size 148 × 63 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Thomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 31 July 1997
Reference(s) P#13
Obverse description Dark brown, brown-violet and orange on multicolor underprint. President Luís Cabral`s half brother Amílcar Lopes Cabral (`Abel Djassi`) (1924-1973), and a man weaving a cloth slash (known as pano de banda).
Obverse lettering BANCO CENTRAL DA GUINÉ-BISSAU MIL PESOS 1 DE MARÇO DE 1993 Luis Candido Ribeiro (governador) & Jose Lima Barber (vice-governador)
(Translation: Central Bank of Guinea-Bissau Thousand Pesos March 1st., 1993)
Reverse description Dark brown, brown-violet and orange on multicolor underprint. Nudes in allegory `Apoteose ao triunfo` (Glorification of Triumph) celebrating victory in the struggle for liberation.
Reverse lettering BANCO CENTRAL DA GUINÉ-BISSAU MIL PESOS A LEI PUNE O CONTRAFACTOR
(Translation: Central Bank of Guinea-Bissau Thousand Pesos The law punishes the counterfeiter)
Signature(s) Pedro A. Godinho Gomes, José Lima Barber, Luis Candido Ribeiro,
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Portrait of A. Cabral.
Variants There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint ""in silver"" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
Numisquare ID 6174187450
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