Brown, green, red and multicolor. Portrait of Eugenio Tavares at bottom.
Reverse description
Cardinal flower, and stanza from Poem `Morna de Aguada`.
Signature(s)
Oswaldo Miguel Sequeira, Vasco Marta,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Eugenio Tavares.
Obverse lettering
DOIS MIL ESCUDOS
Banco de Cabo Verde
1 DE JULHO DE 1999
2000 (Translation: Two Thousand Escudos Bank of Cape Verde July 1, 1999)
Reverse lettering
2000
A LEI PUNE O CONTRAFACTOR
BANCO DE CABO VERDE
`Se é pam vivê na es mal
De ca tem
Quem que q`rem
Ma`n q`re morré sem luz
Na nha cruz
Na es dor
De dâ nha bida
Na martírio de amor!`
DOIS MIL ESCUDOS (Translation: The law punishes the counterfactor Bank of Cape Verde `If it is to live in this evil Of not having Who I want, So I want to die without light on my cross, In this pain To give my life To the martyrdom of love!` Two Thousand Escudos)