500 Escudos 10th. print
Features
| Issuer |
Portugal
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|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) |
| Period |
Second Republic (1926-1974)
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| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1966-1979 |
| Value | 500 Escudos (500 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 156 × 78 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 29 January 1988 |
| Number | N# 209244 |
| References | P# 170 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Reinaldo Silva; 2023. Moedas de Portugal de D. Pedro Príncipe Regente até à actualidade (1667-2023): Notafilia de Portugal e Colônias = Coins of Portugal from D. Pedro Príncipe Regent to the present (1667-2023) (9th Edition). NND Publicações, Lisbon, Portugal. |
Series: 1964-1979 Issue
Obverse
Portrait of D. João II, thirteenth King of Portugal (1455-1495), from a painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna; Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper left.
Chapa 10
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
QUINHENTOS
ESCUDOS
OURO
LISBOA, 6 DE SETEMBRO DE 1979
Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Five Hundred Escudos
Gold
Lisbon, September 6, 1979
Reverse
Reproductions of two figures from the Monument to the Discoveries (Pero de Alenquer and Pedro Nunes) and, in the background, a 16th century map of Africa.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS
Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Five Hundred Escudos
Watermark
Portrait of D. João II.
Signatures
| Manuel Jacinto Nunes (MJN) | Deputy Governor |
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| António Alves Salgado Júnior (AASJ) | Administrator |
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| António José de Carvalho Brandão (AJCB) | Administrator |
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| António Luís Gomes (ALG) | Administrator |
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| António Osório Pereira de Castro (AOPC) | Administrator |
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| Domingos Pedro de Castro Constâncio Pereira Coutinho (DPCCPC) | Administrator |
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| Fernando Emygdio da Silva (FES) | Administrator |
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| João Baptista de Araújo (JBA) | Administrator |
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| José da Silva Lopes (JSL) | Governor |
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| Abel António Pinto dos Reis (AAPR) | Administrator |
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| António José Nunes Loureiro Borges (AJNLB) | Administrator |
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| Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre (JCM) | Administrator |
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| Luís Carlos de Assunção Braz Teixeira (LCABT) | Administrator |
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| Maria Manuela Matos Morgado Santiago Baptista (MMMMSB) | Administrator |
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| Walter Waldemar Pego Marques (WWPM) | Administrator |
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| Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto (AAOP) | Deputy Governor |
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| Emílio Rui da Veiga Peixoto Vilar (ERVPV) | Deputy Governor |
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| Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio (VMRC) | Deputy Governor |
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Printer
Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)Comments
1979 Signiture List at http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0177.htm
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| Date | Signatures | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, AASJ | $ 8.10 | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Alves Salgado Jr | 9% | |||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, AJCB | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António José Brandão | 5% | ||||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, ALG | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Luís Gomes | 10% | ||||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, AOPC | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Osório de Castro | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, DPCCPC | 82 240 000 | $ 10 | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: Domingos C Pereira Coutinho | 15% | ||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, FES | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: Fernando Emygdio da Silva | 11% | ||||||||||||
| 1966-Jan-25 | MJN, JBA | P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: João Baptista de Araújo | 9% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, AAPR | 28 233 000 | $ 12 | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Abel António Pinto dos Reis | 14% | ||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, AJNLB | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: António J Loureiro Borges | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, JCM | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, LCABT | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Luís Braz Teixeira | 5% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, MMMMSB | $ 6.40 | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Maria Manuela Morgado Baptista | 6% | |||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, WWPM | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Walter Waldemar Marques | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, AAOP | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, ERVPV | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Emílio Rui Vilar | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1979-Sep-06 | JSL, VMRC | P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Victor Constâncio | 4% | ||||||||||||
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Katz Auction 193 Lot 1953 
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5 May 2026 | Undetermined | UNC |
USD 121.87
(EUR 105.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 185 Lot 2683
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24 Feb 2026 | Undetermined | UNC |
USD 116.07
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4 Feb 2026 | Undetermined | UNC |
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13 Dec 2025 | Undetermined | UNC | Unsold | |
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