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20 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | At centre-left, a multicolour intaglio vignette of the grain silos and port facilities at Lobito harbour, captioned SILO NO PORTO DO LOBITO, with port cranes and a vessel visible along the waterfront. To the upper centre, the Angolan royal arms are flanked by the bank title BANCO DE ANGOLA and denomination numerals 20 at each corner, with the decree reference DECRETO Nº 12.131 DE 14 DE AGOSTO DE 1926 and the issue date 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1956 inscribed in the top border. To the right, an oval intaglio portrait of the Portuguese explorer Silva Porto, identified by a caption beneath the vignette, is set within an ornate engraved frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA VINTE ESCUDOS DECRETO Nº 12.131 DE 14 DE AGOSTO DE 1926 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1956 SILO NO PORTO DO LOBITO SILVA PORTO O GOVERNADOR O VICE-GOVERNADOR (Translation: Bank of Angola, Twenty Escudos, Decree No. 12,131 of 14 August 1926, 15 August 1956, Silo at the Port of Lobito, Silva Porto, The Governor, The Deputy Governor) |
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Angola's 20 Escudos of 1956 belongs to the late colonial series issued under Portuguese authority, a period when Banco de Angola functioned as an overseas arm of Lisbon's monetary policy rather than an autonomous central bank. Thomas De La Rue's involvement was typical of British security printers servicing Portuguese colonial territories — Bradbury Wilkinson handled some neighboring issues, but De La Rue maintained the Angola contract through this decade.
The watermark remains the primary security feature, modest even by 1950s standards. No serial number varieties or signature combinations for this pick number have attracted serious specialist attention.