500 Escudos 11th. print

Features

Issuer Portugal
Issuing bank Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Period Third Republic (1974-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1979
Value 500 Escudos (500 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 May 1990
Number
N#
211880
References P# 177,
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# 131
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: 1978; 1979 Issue

Obverse

Red-brown on multicolor underprint
Portrait of Francisco Sanches at right; old town plan of Braga in underground at center; Coat oF Arms at upper left.
Chapa 11.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banco de Portugal
500
QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS
OURO
Ch.11
LISBOA, 4 DE OUTUBRO DE 1979.

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Five Hundred Escudos
Gold
11th. print

Reverse

Red and brown on purple underprint.
17th century street scene in Braga at center left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banco de Portugal
QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
Five Hundred Escudos

Watermark

Portrait of Francisco Sanches

500 Escudos (11th. print) -  obverse

© vladthiengo (CC BY-NC)

Signatures

José da Silva Lopes (JCL²) Governor
Abel António Pinto dos Reis (APR) Administrator
Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto (AOP) Deputy Governor
António José Nunes Loureiro Borges (ALB¹) Administrator
Emílio Rui da Veiga Peixoto Vilar (EVV) Deputy Governor
Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre (JCM) Administrator
Luís Carlos de Assunção Braz Teixeira (LBT) Administrator
Maria Manuela Matos Morgado Santiago Baptista (MMB) Administrator
Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio (VMC¹) Deputy Governor
Walter Waldemar Pego Marques (WWM¹) Administrator

Printer

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

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1979-Oct-04  JCL², APR $ 2.20 $ 4.20 $ 6.70 $ 10 $ 16 42% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Abel António Pinto dos Reis
1979-Oct-04  JCL², AOP 10% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto.
1979-Oct-04  JCL², ALB¹ 9% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & António José Nunes Loureiro Borges
1979-Oct-04  JCL², EVV 9% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Emílio Rui da Veiga Peixoto Vilar
1979-Oct-04  JCL², JCM 11% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre
1979-Oct-04  JCL², LBT 4% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Luís Carlos de Assunçăo Braz Teixeira
1979-Oct-04  JCL², MMB 9% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Maria Manuela Matos Morgado Santiago Baptista
1979-Oct-04  JCL², VMC¹ 8% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio
1979-Oct-04  JCL², WWM¹ 12% Signatures: José da Silva Lopes & Walter Waldemar Pego Marques

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 1578
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 119.87
(EUR 111.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 2293
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined XF USD 8.64
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Escudos (11th. print)
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2484
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined XF USD 8.64
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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