5 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	1945
Value	5 Escudos
Currency	Escudo (1914-1975)
Composition	Paper
Size	125 × 75 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 270573
References	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Silva# G10 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: 1945; 1947 Issue

Obverse

Olive-green on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of José Texeira Pinto at left; bank seal at right; Portuguese arms at lower center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
DECRETO Nº 17.154
GUINÉ PORTUGUESA
CINCO ESCUDOS
LISBOA, 16 de NOVEMBRO de 1945.

Translation:
National Bank Overseas
Decree no. 17,154
Portuguese Guinea
Five Escudos
Lisbon, November 16, 1945.

Reverse

Olive-green.
Woman and ships in background at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAGAVEL NA COLONIA DA GUINÉ
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO

Translation:
Payable in Colony of Guinea
National Bank Overseas

Signatures

Artur Meneses Correia de Sá (AMCS)	Administrator
António dos Santos Viegas (ASV)	President of the Administrative Council

Printer

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

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1945-Nov-16	AMCS, ASV

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