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20 Escudos 3rd. print

Features

Issuer Portugal
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Period First Republic (1910-1926)
Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1920-1927
Value 20 Escudos (20 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 177 × 116 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 7 April 1931
Number
N#
381336
References P# 122
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Silva# 043 to 048
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.

Obverse

Brown, green and multicolor.
Portrait of José Estêvão Coelho de Magalhães at left; seated woman with globe and Coat of Arms at right; allegorical faces at left and right.
Chapa 3.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
20
VINTE ESCUDOS
OURO
Lisboa 6 de Fevereiro de 1924

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Twenty Escudos
Gold
Lisbon, February 6, 1924

Reverse

Brown on yellow underprint.
Coat of Arms at upper center; warrior's head at left and right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 ESCUDOS
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
20 Escudos

Translation:
Twenty Escudos
Bank of Portugal

Watermark

Allegorical head.

Signatures

Rui Enes Ulrich (REU) Director
Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues (ICR) Governor
António José Pereira Júnior (AJPJ) Director
José Caetano Lobo d'Avila da Silva Lima (JCLASL) Director
António Augusto Cerqueira (AAC) Director

Printer

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

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1920-Aug-09  REU, ICR 2 000 000 P#122; Silva# 43 - Issued note
1920-Aug-09  AJPJ, ICR P#122; Silva# 43 - Issued note
1921-Feb-09  1 080 000 P#122; Silva# 44 - Issued note
1924-Feb-06  AJPJ, ICR Photo 2 200 000 P#122; Silva# 45 - Issued note
1924-Feb-06  JCLASL, ICR P#122; Silva# 45 - Issued note
1925-Nov-18  1 080 000 P#122; Silva# 46 - Issued note
1926-Apr-13  1 120 000 P#122; Silva# 47 - Issued note
1927-Feb-03  AAC, ICR 2 250 000 P#122; Silva# 48 - Issued note

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 20 Escudos (3rd. print)Picture 1 of a sold 20 Escudos (3rd. print)
Heritage Auctions
2022 January 13 FUN World Paper Money Signature® Auction - Orlando FUN 4035
Lot 28344
Internet Archive
13 Jan 2022 1924-Feb-06 AJPJ, ICR – P#122; Silva# 45 - Issued note VF
(PMG VF-30)
USD 1440.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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