Vasco da Gama (~1460-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea, and The Embarkation of Vasco da Gama, in 1497
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Woman, and Sailing ships
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Obverse lettering
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM
LOANDA
PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR
VINTE MIL REIS
EM MOEDA CORRENTE
VALOR RECEBIDO (Translation: National Overseas Bank, The Branch Treasurer in Luanda, Will pay the holder on sight twenty thousand réis in current currency)
Reverse lettering
PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM
LOANDA
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO (Translation: Payable at the branch in Luanda, National Overseas Bank)