5000 Escudos 3rd. print

Issuer	Banco de Portugal
Year	1995-1998
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Deep olive-green and brown-violet on multicoloured underprint, with an intaglio portrait of navigator and Viceroy of India Vasco da Gama (1469–1524) at right, based on the painting held in the Museu de Arte Antiga. An armillary sphere fills the central background, while a medallion bearing the Cruz de Malta appears at upper centre. The note is identified as Chapa 3 and exists with six signature varieties.
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Reverse description	Deep olive-green and brown-violet on multicoloured underprint, with a central vignette reproducing a tapestry scene of Vasco da Gama's encounter with the Samorin of Calicut. A period nau (sailing vessel) appears alongside the Coat of Arms of the Count of Vidigueira, and a pepper tree is also present as a reference to the spice trade that defined the Age of Discovery.
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Protection description	Portrait of Vasco da Gama
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