20 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 | 1937 |
| Value | 20 Escudos |
| Currency | Escudo (1914-1975) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 137 × 80 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 270568 |
| References | P# 22 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: 1937; 1944 Issue
Obverse
Blue.
Portrait of João Texeira Pinto at left; bank seal at right; Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
DECRETO Nº 17.154
GUINÉ PORTUGUESA
VINTE ESCUDOS
LISBOA, 14 de SETEMBRO de 1937.
Translation:
National Bank Overseas
Decree 17,154
Portuguese Guinea
Twenty Escudos
Lisbon, September 14, 1937.
Reverse
Blue.
Woman and ships in background at center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PAGAVEL NA COLONIA DA GUINÉ
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
20
Translation:
Payable in Colony of Guinea
National Bank Overseas
Signatures
| José Gabriel Pinto Coelho (JGPC) | Administrator |
|
| António dos Santos Viegas (ASV) | President of the Administrative Council |
|
| Júlio Schmidt (JS) | Administrator |
|
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)See also
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1937-Sep-14 | JGPC, ASV | Administrator: José Gabriel Pinto Coelho | |||||||||||||
| 1937-Sep-14 | JS, ASV | Administrator: Júlio Schmidt | |||||||||||||
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