20 Escudos

Features

Issuer Cape Verde
Issuing bank Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 大西洋银行)
Period Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1910-1951)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1921
Value 20 Escudos (20 PTE)
Currency Portuguese Escudo (1914-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 172 × 114 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
258545
References P# 36,
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# C05
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: 1921 Issue

Obverse

Dark-blue on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left; Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower center; bank seal at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE
VINTE ESCUDOS
PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE
CABO VERDE
LISBOA, I de Janeiro de 1921.
BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES

Translation:
National Bank Overseas
Province of Cape Verde
Twenty Escudos
Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde
Lisbon, January 1st, 1921.
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London

Reverse

Dark-blue and green.
Woman and ships in background at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE
CABO VERDE
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
20
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres

Translation:
Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde
National Bank Overseas
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London

Signatures

Henrique José Monteiro de Mendonça (HMM) Vice Governor
João Henrique Ulrich (JHU) Governor

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
1921-Jan-01  HMM, JHU Issued note
1921-Jan-01  HMM, JHU Specimen - perforated "CANCELLED"

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