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20 Escudos Serpa Pinto
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 20 Escudos (20 PTE) |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Intaglio portrait of explorer Serpa Pinto at right, the bank seal at left, and the Portuguese Coat of Arms at centre, all set against an intricate guilloche underprint. The denomination and issuing authority inscriptions appear in letterpress, with the date and decree references printed below. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETOS-LEIS 39221 e 44891 CABO VERDE VINTE ESCUDOS LISBOA, 4 de ABRIL de 1972. SERPA PINTO (Translation: National Overseas Bank Decree-Laws 39221 and 44891 Cape Verde Twenty Escudos Lisbon, 4 April 1972.) |
| Reverse description | Green and salmon-pink multicolour. A central oval vignette in intaglio presents a seated allegorical female figure with a tall-masted sailing ship in the background, framed by elaborate guilloche scrollwork. Numeral denominators "20" appear in large intaglio figures at left and right, with the bank name in bold letterpress across the top and the printer's imprint at the base. |
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