2000 Escudos 1st. print

Features

Issuer Portugal
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Period Third Republic (1974-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1991-1993
Value 2000 Escudos (2000 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 166 × 74 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 December 1997
Number
N#
206294
References P# 186,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Silva# 178 to 183
Reinaldo Silva; 2023. Moedas de Portugal de D. Pedro Príncipe Regente até à actualidade (1667-2023) : Notafilia de Portugal e Colônias (9th edition). NND Publicações, Lisbon.

Obverse

Dark brown and blue on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of Bartholomeu Dias at left; astrolabe at center.
Chapa 1.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
dois mil escudos
Bartolomeu Dias
1488
Cabo da Boa Esperança
LISBOA, 23 DE MAIO DE 1991
2000

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Two Thousand Escudos
Good Hope Cape 1488
Lisbon, May 23, 1991

Reverse

Blue on multicolor underprint.
Sailing ship at center; armilar sphere at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2000
dois mil escudos

Eu sou aquele oculto e grande cabo
A quem chamais vós outros de Tormentório
Que nunca a Ptolomeu, Pompano, Estrabo,
Plínio, e quantos passaram fui notório.
Aqui toda a Africana costa acabo
Neste meu nunca visto promontório,
Que para o Polo Antártico se estende,
A quem vossa ousadia tanto ofende.
CAMÕES - "OS LUSÍADAS"

BANCO DE PORTUGAL
2000

Translation:
2000
Two Thousand Escudos

I am that hidden and great cable
Whom do you others call Tormentorium?
That never to Ptolemy, Pompano, Strabo,
Plínio, and how many passed I was notorious.
Here the entire African coast ends
On this never-seen promontory of mine,
Which extends to the Antarctic Pole,
Whom your boldness offends so much.
Camões - "Os Lusíadas"
Bank of Portugal

Watermark

Portrait of Bartholomeu Dias

Signatures

José Alberto Tavares Moreira (JTM) Governor
Abel António Pinto dos Reis (APR) Administrator
José de Matos Torres (JMT) Administrator
Antônio Mendo Castel-Branco (AMCB) Deputy Governor
António Carlos Feio Palmeiro Ribeiro (AFR) Deputy Governor
Luís Miguel Couceiro Pizarro Beleza (LMB²) Governor
Abel Moreira Mateus (AMM) Administrator
António José de Castro Bagão Félix (ABF¹) Administrator
José António Cardoso Veloso (JCV) Administrator
Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira (BCP) Administrator
João António Morais da Costa Pinto (JMP) Administrator
António José de Castro Bagão Félix (ABF²) Deputy Governor

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1991-May-23  JTM, APR 20 600 000 20% P#186a; Silva# 178 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Administrador: Abel A Pinto dos Reis
1991-May-23  JTM, JMT 5% P#186a; Silva# 178 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Administrador: José de Matos Torres
1991-May-23  JTM, AMCB 7% P#186a; Silva# 178 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Vice-Governador: António M Castel-Branco Borges
1991-May-23  JTM, AFR 10% P#186a; Silva# 178 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Vice-Governador: António Palmeiro Ribeiro
1991-May-23  JTM, AMCB 400 000 1.6% P#186a; Silva# 179 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Vice-Governador: António M Castel-Branco Borges * (400,000 replacement banknotes were issued with * at the end of the numbering)
1991-Aug-29  JTM, APR 21 000 000 10% P#186b; Silva# 180 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Administrador: Abel A Pinto dos Reis
1991-Aug-29  JTM, JMT 9% P#186b; Silva# 180 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Administrador: José de Matos Torres
1991-Aug-29  JTM, AMCB 3% P#186b; Silva# 180 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Vice-Governador: António M Castel-Branco Borges
1991-Aug-29  JTM, AFR 7% P#186b; Silva# 180 - O Governador: José Alberto Tavares Moreira / O Vice-Governador: António Palmeiro Ribeiro
1992-Jul-16  LMB², AMM 42 000 000 8% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: Abel Moreira Mateus
1992-Jul-16  LMB², ABF¹ 7% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: António Bagão Félix
1992-Jul-16  LMB², JCV 1.6% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: José A Cardoso Veloso
1992-Jul-16  LMB², JMT 13% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: José de Matos Torres
1992-Jul-16  LMB², AMCB 4% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Vice-Governador: António M Castel-Branco Borges
1992-Jul-16  LMB², AFR 4% P#186c; Silva# 181 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Vice-Governador: António Palmeiro Ribeiro
1993-Oct-21  LMB², AMM 20 020 900 7% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: Abel Moreira Mateus
1993-Oct-21  LMB², BCP 0.8% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: Bernardino da Costa Pereira
1993-Oct-21  LMB², JMP 0% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: João Morais da Costa Pinto
1993-Oct-21  LMB², JCV 0.8% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Administrador: José A Cardoso Veloso
1993-Oct-21  LMB², ABF² 2% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Vice-Governador: António Bagão Félix
1993-Oct-21  LMB², AFR 4% P#186d; Silva# 182 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Vice-Governador: António Palmeiro Ribeiro
1993-Oct-21  LMB², ABF² 300 000 0.8% P#186d; Silva# 183 - O Governador: Luís Miguel Beleza / O Vice-Governador: António Bagão Félix * (300,000 replacement banknotes were issued with * at the end of the numbering)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 753
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 74.36
(EUR 69.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 1901
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 50.65
(EUR 47.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 2587
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 28.02
(EUR 26.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 2670
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 49.57
(EUR 46.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3234
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 30.18
(EUR 28.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3235
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 30.18
(EUR 28.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3237
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 44.19
(EUR 41.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2486
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 28.02
(EUR 26.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2487
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 38.80
(EUR 36.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)Picture 1 of a sold 2000 Escudos (1st. print)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3236
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined AU USD 125.01
(EUR 116.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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