Information:
| Reference | P#161 |
| Country | Portugal |
| Period | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Currency | Escudos |
| Denomination | 1.000 Escudos |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Issuing bank | Bank of Portugal |
| Year | 1956 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | Yes on 30.06.1979 |
| Size (WxH) | 163x104 mm |
Obverse:
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Latin
Obverse text1000 Banco de Portugal 1000
Ch.8
Mil Escudos
Ouro
Lisboa, 31 de Janeiro de 1956
Obverse symbolGreenish gray and violet on multicolor underprint.
Batalha Monastery at left; Coat of Arms at lower center; portrait of Dona Filipa de Lencastre at right.
Chapa 8.
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse textBanco de Portugal
1000
Mil Escudos
Reverse symbolGreen on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of queen Philippa of Lancaster in oval at left and her kneeled depiction on the Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument, alongside her son Ferdinand the Holy Prince (Infante Santo) and the explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509-1583).
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