500 Escudos

Issuer Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
Year 1958
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 500 Escudos
Currency Escudo (1914-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 175 × 100 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#39
Obverse description Green on multicolor underprint. Portrait of João Texeira Pinto at left; bank seal at right; Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower center.
Obverse lettering BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO-LEI Nº 39.221 GUINÉ QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS LISBOA, 20 de NOVEMBRO de 1958.
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree-Law no. 39,221 Guinea Five Hundred Escudos Lisbon, November 20, 1958)
Reverse description Blue-green on multicolor. Woman and ships in background at center.
Reverse lettering PAGAVEL NA COLONIA DA GUINÉ BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS
(Translation: Payable in Guinea National Bank Overseas Five Hundred Escudos)
Signature(s) Gastão Bessone Bastos, Francisco José Vieira Machado, Luís Pereira Coutinho,
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Numisquare ID 5864816660
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