| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 1991-1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 2000 Escudos (2000 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 166 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1997 |
| Reference(s) | P#186 |
| Obverse description | Dark brown and blue on multicolor underprint. Drawing depicting the navigator Bartolomu Dias (?-1500), astrolabe, compass rose, Royal Arms of D. João II and other maritime motifs. Chapa 1. |
| Reverse description | Blue on multicolor underprint. Caravel with Latin sails rounding the Cape of Good Hope, flanked on the left by a verse from `Os Lusíadas`, and on the right, the armillary sphere, and the pattern of the Discoveries. |
| Signature(s) | José Alberto Tavares Moreira, Abel António Pinto dos Reis, José de Matos Torres, Antônio Mendo Castel-Branco, António Carlos Feio Palmeiro Ribeiro, Luís Miguel Couceiro Pizarro Beleza, Abel Moreira Mateus, António José de Castro Bagão Félix, Jo |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Bartholomeu Dias |
| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE PORTUGAL
dois mil escudos
Bartolomeu Dias
1488
Cabo da Boa Esperança
LISBOA, 23 DE MAIO DE 1991
2000 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Two Thousand Escudos Good Hope Cape 1488 Lisbon, May 23, 1991) |
| Reverse lettering | 2000
dois mil escudos
Eu sou aquele oculto e grande cabo
A quem chamais vós outros de Tormentório
Que nunca a Ptolomeu, Pompano, Estrabo,
Plínio, e quantos passaram fui notório.
Aqui toda a Africana costa acabo
Neste meu nunca visto promontório,
Que para o Polo Antártico se estende,
A quem vossa ousadia tanto ofende.
CAMÕES - `OS LUSÍADAS`
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
2000 (Translation: 2000 Two Thousand Escudos I am that hidden and great cable Whom do you others call Tormentorium? That never to Ptolemy, Pompano, Strabo, Plínio, and how many passed I was notorious. Here the entire African coast ends On this never-seen promontory of mine, Which extends to the Antarctic Pole, Whom your boldness offends so much. Camões - `Os Lusíadas` Bank of Portugal) |
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| Catalog ID | 2592305930 |
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