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50 Escudos 1st. print
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1920-1927 |
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| Value | 50 Escudos (50 PTE) |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown and multicolour note (Chapa 1) with a central portrait vignette of Manoel da Silva Passos, the coat of arms positioned at upper centre. Intricate guilloche underprint frames the design elements throughout the face. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | Violet on green and yellow underprint, with a central vignette of the Terreiro do Paço featuring its classical statue and ornate archway. The architectural composition is rendered in fine intaglio engraving, set against a detailed guilloche background. Denomination and bank title inscriptions are placed within the surrounding border. |
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| Protection description | Allegorical head. |
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