5 Escudos

€270,571.00
IssuerPortuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
Year1944
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Escudos
CurrencyEscudo (1914-1975)
CompositionPaper
Size125 × 75 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#25
Obverse descriptionOlive-green on multicolor underprint. Portrait of José Texeira Pinto at left; bank seal at right; Portuguese arms at lower center.
Reverse descriptionOlive-green. Woman and ships in background at centre.
Signature(s)Francisco José Vieira Machado, António dos Santos Viegas, António Augusto Correia de Aguiar,
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Protection description
Obverse letteringBANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO Nº 17.154 GUINÉ PORTUGUESA CINCO ESCUDOS LISBOA, 2 de NOVEMBRO de 1944.
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree no. 17,154 Portuguese Guinea Five Escudos Lisbon, November 2, 1944.)
Reverse letteringPAGAVEL NA COLONIA DA GUINÉ BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
(Translation: Payable in Colony of Guinea National Bank Overseas)
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Catalog ID3101624950
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