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500 Escudos 2nd. print
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Red and black on tan underprint. Portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, with a vignette of sailing ships at right. The plate designation 'Chapa 2' identifies this as the second print. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red on a tan underprint, the reverse is dominated by the Portuguese Coat of Arms at centre, surrounded by an elaborate laurel wreath and intricate guilloche lacework. Denomination numerals '500' appear in large intaglio figures within ornate guilloche medallions at left and right, with the value inscription in a cartouche at the base. |
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| Protection description | Bank name repeated in watermark. |
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