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500 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown on multicolor underprint, with a portrait vignette of João Teixeira Pinto positioned at left and the bank seal at right. The Portuguese Coat of Arms appears at lower center, set within an ornate guilloche border frame. The overall design is executed in intaglio, with fine lathe-work patterns forming the underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and violet, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette containing an allegorical seated female figure shown in profile, with a harbor scene in the background including sailing ships and a steamship rendered in fine intaglio engraving. Denomination numerals "500" appear in large format to the left and right of the central vignette, all set within an elaborate guilloche border with scalloped edges. The printer's imprint "BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Cº Lº GRAVADORES, LONDRES" appears at the bottom center. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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