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50 Escudos

Issuer Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Year 1941
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Currency Portuguese Escudo (1914-1975)
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Obverse description Red on multicolour underprint. Portrait vignette of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, with the bank seal at right and arms at lower centre. Intricate guilloche work frames the central composition, with bilingual inscriptions identifying the province and denomination.
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Reverse description Red on multicolour guilloche underprint. A central oval vignette encloses a seated allegorical female figure holding a ship's model, flanked by the denomination numeral '50' on both left and right. A curved arc of fine letterpress text carries the bank name around the upper border of the vignette, with a rectangular overprint panel at top centre inscribed with the provincial designation.
Reverse lettering PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE CABO VERDE BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
(Translation: Payable on dependences of Province of Cape Verde National Bank Overseas)
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