100 escudos 1981 — Portugal ( Pick: 178b )
Region:
Europe
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 100 escudos issued in Portugal in 1981. It falls under Pick number 178b, classifying it within the documented banknotes of this issue.
The front design features Manuel M. B. du Bocage seated at the right against a dark blue and multicolor underprint. The back design depicts an early 19th-century scene of Rossio Square in Lisbon. The note includes a watermark of Manuel M. B. du Bocage and is categorized as variant b, featuring eight signature varieties.
This banknote was printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé in Haarlem, Netherlands, with a total production amount of 100,400,000. The note features a light underprint running through the center, with the date noted as February 24, 1981.
The front design features Manuel M. B. du Bocage seated at the right against a dark blue and multicolor underprint. The back design depicts an early 19th-century scene of Rossio Square in Lisbon. The note includes a watermark of Manuel M. B. du Bocage and is categorized as variant b, featuring eight signature varieties.
This banknote was printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé in Haarlem, Netherlands, with a total production amount of 100,400,000. The note features a light underprint running through the center, with the date noted as February 24, 1981.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Manuel Jacinto Nunes (Governor), Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre (Administrator)
- Date of issue
- February 24, 1981
- Printing office
- Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, Netherlands
- Colour
- Dark blue on multicolor underprint
- Amount produced
- 100,400,000
- Pick catalog
- 178b
About this banknote
The Banco de Portugal issued the 100 escudos series in 1981, printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, Netherlands. This series was introduced during the early 1980s period of frequent currency updates, designed to maintain the integrity and modernization of the notes, and it was signed by Manuel Jacinto Nunes and Joaquim Cavaqueiro Mestre.
The front of the note features Manuel M. B. du Bocage seated at the right, in dark blue on a multicolor underprint. The back depicts an early 19th-century scene of Rossio Square in Lisbon. The watermark features Manuel M. B. du Bocage, and 100,400,000 of these notes were produced with eight signature varieties.
