500 Escudos 10th. print

Features

Issuer Portugal
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Period Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1966-1979
Value 500 Escudos (500 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 29 January 1988
Number
N#
209244
References P# 170,
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# 129,
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.
Silva# 130
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.

Series: 1964-1979 Issue

Obverse

Old map at center, João II at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
QUINHENTOS
ESCUDOS
OURO
LISBOA, 6 DE SETEMBRO DE 1979

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Fifty Hundred Escudos
Gold
Lisbon, September 6, 1979

Reverse

Compass-card or Rhumb-card and double statue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Fifty Hundred Escudos

Watermark

Portrait of João II.

Signatures

Manuel Jacinto Nunes (MJN¹) Deputy Governor
António Alves Salgado Júnior (ASJ) Administrator
António José de Carvalho Brandão (ACB) Administrator
António Luís Gomes (ALG) Administrator
António Osório Pereira de Castro (APC) Administrator
Domingos Pedro de Castro Constâncio Pereira Coutinho (DCC) Administrator
Fernando Emygdio da Silva (FES³) Administrator
João Baptista de Araújo (JBA) Administrator
José da Silva Lopes (JCL²) Governor
Abel António Pinto dos Reis (APR) Administrator
António José Nunes Loureiro Borges (ALB¹) Administrator
Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre (JCM) Administrator
Luís Carlos de Assunção Braz Teixeira (LBT) Administrator
Maria Manuela Matos Morgado Santiago Baptista (MMB) Administrator
Walter Waldemar Pego Marques (WWM¹) Administrator
Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto (AOP) Deputy Governor
Emílio Rui da Veiga Peixoto Vilar (EVV) Deputy Governor
Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio (VMC¹) Deputy Governor

Printer

Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, ASJ 10% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Alves Salgado Jr
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, ACB 7% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António José Brandão
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, ALG 10% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Luís Gomes
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, APC 9% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: António Osório de Castro
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, DCC 82 240 000 20% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: Domingos C Pereira Coutinho
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, FES³ 10% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: Fernando Emygdio da Silva
1966-Jan-25  MJN¹, JBA 7% P#170a; Silva# 129 - O Vice-Governador: Manuel Jacinto Nunes / O Administrador: João Baptista de Araújo
1979-Sep-06  JCL², APR 28 233 000 $ 11 18% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Abel António Pinto dos Reis
1979-Sep-06  JCL², ALB¹ 5% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: António J Loureiro Borges
1979-Sep-06  JCL², JCM 4% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre
1979-Sep-06  JCL², LBT 5% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Luís Braz Teixeira
1979-Sep-06  JCL², MMB 4% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Maria Manuela Morgado Baptista
1979-Sep-06  JCL², WWM¹ 10% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Administrador: Walter Waldemar Marques
1979-Sep-06  JCL², AOP 3% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto
1979-Sep-06  JCL², EVV 7% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Emílio Rui Vilar
1979-Sep-06  JCL², VMC¹ 2% P#170b; Silva# 130 - O Governador: José da Silva Lopes / O Vice-Governador: Victor Constâncio

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 751
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 129.31
(EUR 120.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 1577
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 71.12
(EUR 66.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 1898
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 173.50
(EUR 161.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 1899
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 24.79
(EUR 23.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 2666
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 38.79
(EUR 36.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 2398
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 Undetermined XF USD 32.33
(EUR 30.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 2581
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined XF USD 29.10
(EUR 27.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 2290
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined XF USD 12.93
(EUR 12.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3226
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined XF USD 28.02
(EUR 26.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (10th. print)
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 2224
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 Undetermined USD 76.51
(EUR 71.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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