500 Escudos Overprinted on P#39

€2.00
IssuerSão Tomé and Príncipe
Year1976
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Escudos
CurrencyEscudo (1914-1974)
CompositionPaper
Size165 × 87 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#47
Obverse descriptionBlue on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Dom Afonso V at right; Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper center; bank seal at left. Overprinted on P#39, new Bank name in red on both sides of Banco Nacional Ultramarino note.
Reverse descriptionBlue-green and red. Woman with steamships view at center; Portuguese Coat of Arms at right. Bank name, new date and signature in red overprint.
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Obverse letteringBANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO No. 39.221 S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS LISBOA, 20 de NOVEMBRO de 1958. BANCO NACIONAL DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE S. Tomé, 1 de Junho de 1976.
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree no. 39,221 St. Thomas and Prince Five Hundred Escudos Lisbon, November 20, 1958.  National Bank of St. Thomas and Prince S. Tomé, June 1st, 1976.)
Reverse letteringBANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PAGÁVEL EM S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE 500 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lto. GRAVADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, INGLATERRA
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Payable in St. Thomas and Prince 500 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd Engravers, New Malden, Surrey, England)
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Catalog ID3663952230
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