2.50 Escudos
Features
| Issuer |
Guinea-Bissau ›
Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2½ Escudos (2.5) |
| Currency | Escudo (1914-1975) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 137 × 88 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 270511 |
| References | P# 13 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: 1921 "Chamiço" Issue
Obverse
Dark blue on yellow and red-violet underprint.
Portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left; Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower center; bank seal at right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ
DOIS ESCUDOS E CINCOENTA CENTAVOS
PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ
LISBOA, 1 de Janeiro de 1921.
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDRES
Translation:
National Bank Overseas
Province of Guinea
Two Escudos and Fifty Centavos
Payable at the premises of the Province of Guinea
Lisbon, January 1st, 1921.
Thomas de la Rue & Company Limited, London
Reverse
Dark-blue.
Woman and ships in background at center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
2$50
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDRES
Translation:
Payable at the premises of the Province of Guinea
National Bank Overseas
Thomas de la Rue & Company Limited, London
Signatures
| Henrique José Monteiro de Mendonça (HJMM) | Vice Governor |
|
| João Henrique Ulrich (JHU) | Governor |
|
Printer
De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)See also
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1921-Jan-01 | HJMM, JHU | ||||||||||||||
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