Brown-violet and dark blue on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Ramalho Ortigão at right; Coat of Arms at center. Chapa 6.
Reverse description
Blue-green. Allegorical head at left; Leça do Balio monastery at center.
Signature(s)
Carlos de Barros Soares Branco, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, António José Pereira Júnior, Henrique Missa, Álvaro Pedro de Souza, Domingos de Souza e Holstein Beck, Manuel António do Casal-Ribeiro de Carvalho,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman head.
Obverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
CINCOENTA ESCUDOS
OURO
Lisboa, 3 de Março de 1938 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Fifty Escudos Gold Lisbon, March 3, 1938)
Reverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
Cincoenta Escudos
OURO (Translation: Bank of Portugal Fifty Escudos Gold)