Brown on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Dom Afonso V at right; Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper center; bank seal at left.
Reverse description
Brown. Woman with steamships view at center; Portuguese Coat of Arms at right.
Signature(s)
Artur Meneses Correia de Sá, António dos Santos Viegas, José Gabriel Pinto Coelho,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
DECRETO No. 17.154
S. TOMÉ e PRÍNCIPE
COLÔNIA PORTUGUESA
VINTE ESCUDOS
LISBOA, 12 de AGOSTO de 1946. (Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree no. 17,154 St. Thomas and Prince Portuguese Colony Twenty Escudos Lisbon, August 12, 1946.)
Reverse lettering
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
PAGÁVEL NA COLÓNIA DE S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE
BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lto. GRAVADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY,
INGLATERRA (Translation: National Bank Overseas Payable in Colony of St. Thomas and Prince Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd Engravers, New Malden, Surrey, England)