| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 1995-1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 5000 Escudos (5000 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 146 × 75 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | P#190 |
| Obverse description | Deep olive-green and brown-violet on underprint. Portrait of the navigator and Viceroy of India Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), based on the painting in the Museum of Ancient Art. Medallion with `Cruz de Malta` at upper center; armilar sphere in background at center. Chapa 3; six signatures varieties. |
| Reverse description | Deep olive-green and brown-violet on underprint. A nau (ship) from the period; a reproduction of a tapestry depicting Vasco da Gama`s encounter with the Samorin of Calicut; the Coat of Arms of the Count of Vidigueira; and a pepper tree. |
| Signature(s) | António José Fernandes de Sousa, Abel Moreira Mateus, Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira, Diogo José Paredes Leite de Campos, António Manuel Martins Pereira Marta, João António Morais da Costa Pinto, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Cruz, Luís Manuel Mo |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Vasco da Gama |
| Obverse lettering | banco de Portugal
5 mil escudos
5000
LISBOA, 2 DE JULHO DE 1998. (Translation: Bank of Portugal 5 Thousand Escudos 5000 Lisbon, July 2, 1998.) |
| Reverse lettering | 5000 banco de Portugal
5000
Tal embaixada dava o Capitão
A qual o Rei gentio respondia
Que em ver embaixadores de Nação
Tão remota grão glória recebia.
Camões - Os Lusíadas (Translation: 5000 Bank of Portugal Such an embassy was given by the Captain To which the Gentile King responded That in seeing ambassadors of the Nation So remote a grain of glory received. Camões - Os Lusíadas) |
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| Catalog ID | 5929135140 |
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