2000 escudos 1991 — Portugal ( Pick: 186 )
Region:
Europe
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 2000 escudos issued in Portugal in 1991. It is cataloged under Pick number 186.
The front design features dark brown and blue on a multicolor underprint, depicting Bartholomeu Dias at the left and an astrolabe at the center. The back design includes a sailing ship at the center and the national arms at the right. The note's paper contains red and green fluorescent fibers and measures 166 x 74 mm.
This banknote is signed by José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira and Abel António Pinto dos Reis. Komori Currency Technology UK, Ltd was responsible for its printing.
The front design features dark brown and blue on a multicolor underprint, depicting Bartholomeu Dias at the left and an astrolabe at the center. The back design includes a sailing ship at the center and the national arms at the right. The note's paper contains red and green fluorescent fibers and measures 166 x 74 mm.
This banknote is signed by José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira and Abel António Pinto dos Reis. Komori Currency Technology UK, Ltd was responsible for its printing.
Specifications
- Signed by
- José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira, Abel António Pinto dos Reis
- Date of issue
- 23/05/1991
- Printing office
- Komori Currency Technology UK, Ltd
- Paper
- Paper with red and green fluorescent fibers
- Colour
- Dark brown and blue on multicolor underprint
- Dimensions
- 166 x 74 mm
- Amount produced
- Not specified
- Pick catalog
- 186
About this banknote
The Banco de Portugal issued the 2000 escudos banknote on May 23, 1991. This note was part of a series introduced to honor Portugal's Age of Discovery, featuring prominent explorers and navigational instruments.
The front of the banknote displays a portrait of Bartolomeu Dias on the left and an astrolabe at the center. The reverse features a sailing ship near the Cape of Good Hope, accompanied by a stylized map of Europe and Africa, a sextant, a compass, a mechanical celestial globe with an armillary sphere, and the Cross at Dias Point near Lüderitz, Namibia. The watermark is a depiction of Bartolomeu Dias.
