| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 1995-2000 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 2000 Escudos (2000 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 141 × 68 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | P#189 |
| Obverse description | Blue-violet and deep blue-green on multicolor underprint. Drawing depicting the navigator Bartolomeu Dias (1450?-1500), astrolabe, compass rose and reproduction of a cruzado coin of D. João II. Chapa 2 |
| Reverse description | Blue-violet and deep blue-green on multicolor underprint. Caravel with Latin sails, reproduction of the Charter of Henricus Martellus Germanus, Pattern of St. Gregório and other nautical themes. |
| Signature(s) | António José Fernandes de Sousa, Abel Moreira Mateus, Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira, Diogo José Paredes Leite de Campos, António Manuel Martins Pereira Marta, João António Morais da Costa Pinto, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Cruz, Luís Manuel Mo |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Bartolomeu Dias |
| Obverse lettering | Banco de Portugal
2 mil escudos
LISBOA 21 DE SETEMBRO DE 1995
CH 2
Bartolomeu Dias 1450-1500 (Translation: Bank of Portugal 2 Thousand Escudos Lisbon, September 21, 1995) |
| Reverse lettering | 2000 Banco de Portugal
Aqui toda a africana costa acabo
Neste meu nunca visto promontório
Camões `Os Lusíadas` (Translation: Bank of Portugal Here the entire African coast ends On this never seen promontory of mine. Camões `Os Lusíadas`) |
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| Catalog ID | 5812020890 |
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