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20 Angolares
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides (1594–1602), Portuguese admiral and colonial administrator who repelled the Dutch invasion of Salvador, Brazil in 1625 and reconquered Angola and São Tomé from the Dutch in 1648, set within an ornate intaglio-printed frame. The issuer's name and denomination appear in letterpress inscriptions, with guilloche underprint patterns flanking the central portrait. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette illustrates the Reconquest of Luanda (1648), with Portuguese soldiers engaged in battle before a fortified coastal settlement, cannon positioned at right, a drummer and standard-bearer at left, and sailing vessels visible in the harbour beyond. The scene is framed by an ornate guilloche border with the denomination numeral 20 repeated in each corner. The caption "A RECONQUISTA DE LOANDA 1648" appears in the lower margin beneath the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA ANGOLARES VINTE ANGOLARES (Translation: Bank of Angola, Twenty Angolares) |
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