500 Escudos 6th. print

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IssuerPortugal
Year1938
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Escudos (500 PTE)
CurrencyEscudo (1911-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 97 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
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In circulation to31 December 1958
Reference(s) P#151
Obverse descriptionBrown on green and gold underprint. Portrait of Infante Dom Henrique at right; Coat of Arms at bottom left. Chapa 6.
Reverse descriptionGreen. In left center, tomb of Infante Don Henrique in Mosteiro da Batalha (Battle`s Monastery).
Signature(s)Álvaro Pedro de Souza, Domingos de Souza e Holstein Beck, Carlos de Barros Soares Branco, Fernando Enes Ulrich, João Emaúz Leite Ribeiro,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionAllegorical head.
Obverse lettering500 BANCO DE PORTUGAL Lisboa, 26 de Abril de 1938 ouro Quinhentos Escudos
(Translation: Bank of Portugal Lisbon, April 26, 1938 gold Five Hundred Escudos)
Reverse letteringBanco de Portugal 500 Quinhentos Escudos
(Translation: Bank of Portugal 500 Five Hundred Escudos)
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Catalog ID4923875140
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