Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt lower left front; all-zero s/n 500 escudos Values

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Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt lower left front; all-zero s/n 500 escudos Values

Details

Obverse: Portuguese text; holographic open book; poet Jorge Barbosa; embossed open book

Reverse: Portuguese text; quill in inkwell; lines from Barbosa’s poem, “Casebre” (struggle); Poilão Dam in the Santa Cruz municipal area on Santiago island (home of Jorge Barbosa); line drawing of women with baskets

Basic Information

GSID:

91417

Denomination:

500 escudos

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt lower left front; all-zero s/n

Design Details

Note Color:

Green, orange, red, and purple

Note Dimension:

131 x 65 mm

Printer:

(De La Rue)

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