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500 Escudos
| Uitgever | Banco de Angola |
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| Jaar | 1972 |
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| Samenstelling | Cotton paper |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Central intaglio vignette presents a scenic landscape view of the Pedras Negras rock formations, with massive granite outcrops rising above a village of traditional thatched dwellings set among sparse trees, captioned "PEDRAS NEGRAS" to the upper left. A large guilloche watermark oval occupies the left portion of the note, flanked by ornate scroll-work borders and denomination numerals "500" at lower left and upper right. The printer's imprint "DE LA RUE" appears at the lower left margin. |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | Portrait watermark of Marshal António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona |
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| Opmerkingen |
Angola's 500 Escudos issue of 1972 arrived at an awkward moment: the colonial war against MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA insurgencies had been grinding on since 1961, and the Bank of Angola was printing high-denomination notes into an economy increasingly distorted by military expenditure and wartime capital flight. Portuguese metropolitan banks were absorbing colonial revenues while infrastructure investment stalled. A 500 Escudos note represented real purchasing power in that environment — not pocket change.
Thomas De La Rue's production is clean and technically competent, as expected. The watermark remains the primary security feature, modest by the standards of the period but sufficient for a territory where counterfeit risk was lower than political risk.