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20 000 Réis 8th. print - Chapa 8
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1898-1906 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue on tan underprint. At left and right, standing allegorical female figures flank the central composition, with the Portuguese Coat of Arms positioned at bottom center. The design is executed in a classical engraved style with fine guilloche work forming the underprint field. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue and orange on tan paper. The central design consists of a large ornate oval guilloche cartouche surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and foliate vignettes, with the bank name in bold letters across the middle; denomination numerals '20' appear in the upper and lower portions of the cartouche. The entire composition is framed by an intricate orange repeating border pattern, with the denomination legend split at lower left and lower right, and '20:000' inscribed at the upper corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 20:000 20 BANCO DE PORTUGAL 20 VINTE MIL VINTE MIL (Translation: 20,000 20 Bank of Portugal 20 Twenty Thousand Twenty Thousand) |
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