Portugal 1.000 Escudos 1956-Jan-31

O Vice-Governador: Álvaro Pedro de Sousa; O Administrador: João Emílio Raposo Magalhães

Portugal 1,000 Escudos, 1956 P-161 obverse
Portugal 1,000 Escudos, 1956 P-161 reverse

Information:

Rarity B - Uncommon
Date Variety Iss. VG F VF XF AU UNC
1956-Jan-31 O Vice-Governador: Álvaro Pedro de Sousa; O Administrador: João Emílio Raposo Magalhães + - - - - - -
Reference P#161
Country Portugal
Period Escudo (1911-2001)
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal
Currency Escudos
Denomination 1.000 Escudos
Type Circulation banknotes
Year 1956
Shape Rectangular
Composition Paper
Demonetized Yes on 30.06.1979
Size (WxH) 163x104 mm

Obverse:

Portugal 1,000 Escudos, 1956 P-161
Latin

Obverse text

1000 Banco de Portugal 1000 Ch.8 Mil Escudos Ouro Lisboa, 31 de Janeiro de 1956

Obverse symbol

Greenish 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.

Reverse:

Image 1
Latin

Reverse text

Banco de Portugal 1000 Mil Escudos

Reverse symbol

Green 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).