5 Escudos

Features

Issuer	Cape Verde
Issuing bank	Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 大西洋银行)
Period	Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1910-1951)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1921
Value	5 Escudos (5 CVE)
Currency	Escudo (1914-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	130 × 81 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Overprinted
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 225738
References	P# 33 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Silva# C03 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) (9^th Edition). NND Publicações, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Series: 1921 "Chamiço" Issue

Obverse

Green on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left; Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower center; bank seal at right.
Overprinted on P#32 "CINCO ESCUDOS".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
DECRETO 17.154
PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE
CINCO ESCUDOS
PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE
CABO VERDE
LISBOA, I de Janeiro de 1921.
BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES

Translation:
National Bank Overseas
Decree 17,154
Province of Cape Verde
Five Escudos
Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde
Lisbon, January 1st, 1921.
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London

Reverse

Green.
Woman and ships in background at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE
CABO VERDE
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
1
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres

Translation:
Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde
National Bank Overseas
1
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London

Signatures

Henrique José Monteiro de Mendonça (HJMM)	Vice Governor
João Henrique Ulrich (JHU)	Governor

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

Overprint on Cape Verde P#32 (1 Escudo 1921).

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1921-Jan-01	HJMM, JHU

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