Like P#149, brown-violet and dark blue on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Ramalho Ortigão at right; Coat of Arms at center. Chapa 6A.
Reverse description
Brown-violet and green. Allegorical head at left; Leça do Balio monastery at center.
Signature(s)
Álvaro Pedro de Souza, Fernando Emygdio da Silva, Henrique Missa, Carlos de Barros Soares Branco, Francisco António Camilo Meira, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, Fernando Enes Ulrich, Manuel António do Casal-Ribeiro de Carvalho, João Emaúz Leite Ribei
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman head.
Obverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
CINCOENTA ESCUDOS
OURO
LISBOS, 28 DE JUNHO DE 1949 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Fifty Escudos Gold Lisbon, June 28, 1949)
Reverse lettering
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
Cincoenta Escudos
OURO (Translation: Bank of Portugal Fifty Escudos Gold)