1 escudos 1920 — Portugal ( Pick: 113 )
Banknote description
The front design features a woman seated, holding a book on the left, with color elements in red, violet, and multicolor. The reverse depicts a woman with a lyre on the right, rendered in red, violet, and brown. The note has dimensions of 125 x 82 mm and was printed by BWC, without imprint. The watermark displays an allegorical head.
This banknote is signed by multiple individuals, including Augusto José da Cunha and Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues. The Banco de Portugal issued notes as part of its regular issues from 1913 to 1918, which continued through to 1920.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Augusto José da Cunha, Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues, Henrique Matheus dos Santos, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, José da Paixão Castanheira das Neves, José Félix da Costa, Rui Enes Ulrich, Francisco Maria da Costa, João da Motta Gomes Júnior
- Date of issue
- June 25, 1920
- Paper
- Paper
- Colour
- Red, violet and multicolor on obverse; red, violet and brown on reverse
- Dimensions
- 125 x 82 mm
- Pick catalog
- 113
About this banknote
The Banco de Portugal issued the 1 escudo banknote on June 25, 1920, as part of the 1913–1918 regular issue series. This series was introduced following the establishment of the Portuguese Republic in 1910 and the subsequent currency reform in 1911, which replaced the real with the escudo at a rate of 1,000 réis to 1 escudo.
The obverse of the banknote features a seated allegorical woman holding a book, symbolizing Literature, with the coat of arms of the Portuguese Republic at the top center. The reverse depicts another allegorical figure, a woman playing a lyre, representing Poetry. The banknote measures 125 x 82 mm and includes a watermark of an allegorical head. It was printed by the British firm Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., though the printer's imprint is absent.
