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100 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de S. Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO No. 39.221 S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE CEM ESCUDOS LISBOA, 20 de NOVEMBRO de 1958. BANCO NACIONAL DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE S. Tomé, 1 de Junho de 1976. (Translation: National Overseas Bank Decree No. 39,221 St. Tomé and Príncipe One Hundred Escudos Lisbon, 20 November 1958. National Bank of St. Tomé and Príncipe S. Tomé, 1 June 1976.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PAGÁVEL EM S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE CEM ESCUDOS BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lto. GRAVADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, INGLATERRA (Translation: National Overseas Bank Payable in St. Tomé and Príncipe One Hundred Escudos Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, New Malden, Surrey, England) |
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São Tomé and Príncipe declared independence from Portugal on 12 July 1975, and this note belongs to the country's first independent currency series — issued through the newly established Banco Nacional before the islands had meaningful foreign exchange infrastructure or a functioning domestic economy. Bradbury Wilkinson, the New Malden firm with deep roots in colonial and post-colonial currency production across Africa, handled the print run, as they did for dozens of newly independent states navigating the transition from metropolitan-issued currency.
The escudo itself survived independence by only a few years. The dobra replaced it in 1977, making this entire series short-lived by design.