Information:
| Reference | P#187 |
| Country | Portugal |
| Period | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Currency | Escudos |
| Denomination | 500 Escudos |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Issuing bank | Bank of Portugal |
| Year | 1997-2000 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | Yes on 28.02.2002 |
| Size (WxH) | 125x68 mm |
Obverse:
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Latin
Obverse textBanco de Portugal
500 Escudos
LISBOA 11 DE SETEMBRO DE 1997
CH. 13
Obverse symbolViolet and brown on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of portuguese chronicler and historian João de Barros (1496-1570) at right; crowned shields on global view at upper center; angels below at left and right in underprint.
Chapa 13.
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse text500 Banco de Portugal
dos feitos que os Portugueses
fizeram nos descobrimentos e conquista
dos mares e terras do oriente
JOÃO DE BARROS - "DÉCADAS"
Reverse symbolViolet and brown on multicolor underprint.
Representation of a scene from life in India; the “sphere of letters”, intended for teaching reading, and adapting two figures, symbolizing a man of science and letters and a merchant, with naus as background.
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