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500 Escudos

Issuer Banco Nacional de S. Tomé e Príncipe
Year 1976
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Size 165 × 87 mm
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Obverse description Blue on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of Dom Afonso V appears at right, flanked by the Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper centre and the bank seal at left. A red overprint on both faces replaces the original Banco Nacional Ultramarino title with the new issuing authority name, Banco Nacional de S. Tomé e Príncipe, and bears the new date of 1 June 1976.
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Reverse description Blue-green and red. A central vignette presents a female allegorical figure against a background view of steamships; the Portuguese Coat of Arms is positioned at right. The bank name, new date, and signature appear as a red overprint superimposed on the original Banco Nacional Ultramarino reverse design.
Reverse lettering BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PAGÁVEL EM S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE 500 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lto. GRAVADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, INGLATERRA
(Translation: National Overseas Bank Payable in St. Tomé and Príncipe 500 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, New Malden, Surrey, England)
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