Catalog
600 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1958-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Intaglio portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque to the right, with a watermark window at left and the Portuguese arms at bottom centre. Denomination numeral 600 appears in all four corners in international figures, with the date and decree-law reference printed across the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Green on light multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents Afonso de Albuquerque standing on a quayside, viewed from behind and holding a scroll, surveying a harbour scene with Portuguese caravels under full sail bearing cross-of-the-Order-of-Christ devices on their sails. The circular bank seal of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, inscribed LISBOA – 1864, is positioned at the upper left, and the denomination numeral 600 appears in a large guilloche cartouche at lower left, with the spelled-out value at lower right. The printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & COY LTD LONDRES, INGLATERRA appears at the bottom centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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