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100 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Value | 100 Escudos |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA 100 CEM ESCUDOS THOMAS DE LA RUE & CON LTD LONDRES INGLATERRA (Translation: Bank of Angola / 100 / One Hundred Escudos / Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London, England) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
By 1962, Angola was already three years into the armed insurgency that would eventually end Portuguese colonial rule, though Banco de Angola continued issuing notes through London-based printers as though the political situation were entirely stable. Thomas De La Rue had handled Angolan colonial currency for decades, and this 100 Escudos fits squarely within that long-running contract relationship.
The watermark remains the primary security feature — modest by any measure, but consistent with De La Rue's approach to colonial-series notes of this period, where anti-counterfeiting investment rarely matched what was applied to metropolitan Portuguese issues.