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500 Escudos 5th. print

Features

Issuer Portugal
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Period Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1932
Value 500 Escudos (500 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 177 × 104 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 30 June 1948
Number
N#
381683
References P# 147
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Silva# 123
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: 1932 Issue (Chapa 5)

Obverse

Brown-violet and blue on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of José da Silva Carvalho at left; palace at center; bank arms at top center.
Chapa 5.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS
OURO
Lisboa, 18 de Novembro de 1932

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Five Hundred Escudos
Gold
Lisbon, November 18, 1932

Reverse

Green and multicolor.
River and wall (Queluz Palace, in Cintra) at center; Liberty's head at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
500

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
500

Watermark

Homer.

Signatures

Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues (ICR) Governor
José Caeiro da Mata (JCM) Administrator
Manuel António do Casal-Ribeiro de Carvalho (MACRC) Administrator

Printer

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

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1932-Nov-18  ICR, JCM Photo 2 185 000 P# 147 - Issued note
1932-Nov-18  ICR, MACRC P# 147 - Issued note

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (5th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (5th. print)
Heritage Auctions
2018 August 17 ANA WFOM World Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia 4005
Lot 28170
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2018 1932-Nov-18 ICR, JCM – P# 147 - Issued note AU
(PCGS "About New" 50)
USD 3840.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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