Green, red and purple. Portrait of Jorge Barbosa at right.
Reverse description
Lines from Barbosa’s poem “Casebre” (struggle). Poilão Dam in the Santa Cruz municipal area on Santiago island (home of Jorge Barbosa).
Signature(s)
Carlos Augusto de Burgo, Manuel Pinto Frederico,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Jorge Barbosa.
Obverse lettering
BANCO DE CABO VERDE
500 ESCUDOS
5 de julho de 2014
A LEI PUNE O CONTRAFACTOR (Translation: Bank of Cape Verde 500 Escudos July 5, 2014 The law punishes the counterfeaturer.)
Reverse lettering
BANCO DE CABO VERDE
500 ESCUDOS (Translation: Bank of Cape Verde 500 Escudos)