Purple on light blue underprint. Woman with wreath at left, portrait of Alexandre Herculano at centre, denomination and watermark at right.
Reverse description
Brown on green underprint. Belém Tower in Lisbon at centre, flanked by denomination and bank name.
Signature(s)
Francisco Maria da Costa, Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues, Rui Enes Ulrich, Henrique Matheus dos Santos, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, Fernando Emygdio da Silva, José Caeiro da Mata, José Pereira Cardozo, Manuel António Dias Ferreira,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Minerva head.
Obverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTIGAL
5 5
ALEXANDRE HERCULANO
CINCO
ESCUDOS
OURO
Lisboa 25 de Junho de 1920
O DIRECTOR
O GOVERNADOR (Translation: Bank of Portugal 5 5 Alexandre Herculano Five Escudos in gold Lisbon, 25th of June of 1920 The Director The Governor)
Reverse lettering
5
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
5 5
CINCO ESCUDOS (Translation: Bank of Portugal 5 5 Five escudos)