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500 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 500 Kwanzas (500 AOK) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse centres on a portrait of Dr. António Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), poet and first President of Angola, set against a background vignette of workers in an industrial scene rendered over a fine multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral appears at lower left, with the issuing authority's name arched across the upper margin. The note is printed in a multicolour intaglio scheme with letterpress overprinting. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic vignette of the Port of Luanda, with cargo vessels, dockside cranes, and warehouse facilities rendered in fine line engraving in blue tones across the full width of the note. The Angolan Coat of Arms inscribed 'República Popular ANGOLA' and bearing the independence date '11 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1975' is positioned at lower left, while the denomination numeral '500' occupies a guilloche cartouche at lower right and the value legend runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | QUINHENTOS KWANZAS (Translation: Five Hundred Kwanzas) |
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