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20 Angolares
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides (1594–1686), Portuguese admiral and colonial administrator celebrated for recapturing Angola and São Tomé from the Dutch in 1648, rendered in intaglio portrait style. A jungle river scene forms the secondary vignette, framed by ornate guilloche borders. The bank title and denomination appear in cartouche lettering above and below the central composition. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a hippopotamus emerging from a river amid dense riverside vegetation, rendered with fine engraved detail. Flanking the central scene are two large guilloche rosette panels — a plain lathe-work circle to the left and an ornate floral guilloche medallion to the right. The denomination numeral '20' appears in each upper corner, with the bank title in a scrollwork cartouche at top and 'VINTE ANGOLARES' in a decorative cartouche at bottom; the printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & CGY. LTD. LONDRES, INGLATERRA' is printed in small lettering along the lower margin. |
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| Variants | P#73a - Issued note P#73s - Specimen. |
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