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50 Angolares
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Reference(s) | P#74 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides (1594–1662), Portuguese admiral and colonial administrator renowned for recapturing Angola and São Tomé from the Dutch in 1648, set against a background vignette of a waterfall. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche borders with denomination numerals at the corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA CINCOENTA ANGOLARES (Translation: Bank of Angola, Fifty Angolares) |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a recumbent leopard amid tropical vegetation and palm trees, enclosed within a rectangular guilloche frame. The bank title BANCO DE ANGOLA arches across the top, with the denomination CINCOENTA ANGOLARES in bold letterpress below the central vignette. Two large circular guilloche rosettes flank the central design at lower left and lower right, and the printer's imprint appears along the lower margin. |
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