5 Escudos 1st. print

€301,070.00
IssuerPortugal
Year1913-1923
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value5 Escudos (5 PTE)
CurrencyEscudo (1911-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size146 × 95 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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In circulation to7 April 1931
Reference(s) P#114
Obverse descriptionPurple on light blue underprint. Woman with wreath at left, portrait of Alexandre Herculano at centre, denomination and watermark at right.
Reverse descriptionBrown 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 typeWatermark
Protection descriptionMinerva head.
Obverse letteringBANCO 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 lettering5 BANCO DE PORTUGAL 5 5 CINCO ESCUDOS
(Translation: Bank of Portugal 5 5  Five escudos)
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Catalog ID1457269140
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