Catalog
300 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1958-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Violet and multicolour intaglio print with a portrait vignette of Afonso de Albuquerque to the right, a watermark window to the left, and the Portuguese coat of arms at bottom centre. Value numerals 300 appear in all four corners, with guilloche underprint throughout. The bank title and denomination inscriptions are rendered in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet, the reverse bears a central vignette of a figure in period dress — understood to represent Afonso de Albuquerque — standing on a quayside and surveying a fleet of Portuguese caravel sailing ships at sea. The bank seal appears to the left, with a plain oval watermark window to the right. The value numeral 300 is shown in large letterpress at lower left, with the denomination in full at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque. |
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