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1000 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on a light guilloche underprint, the obverse carries a central intaglio vignette of the Mabubas Dam (Barragem das Mabubas) set against a river landscape, with an oval portrait of explorer Hermenegildo Capelo (Brito Capelo) in military uniform to the right. The bank title BANCO DE ANGOLA and denomination numerals 1000 appear at the upper corners, flanking the Portuguese coat of arms, with the decree date DECRETO N.º 12 131 DE 14 DE AGOSTO DE 1926 and issue date 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1956 inscribed across the top. Three signature lines for O VICE GOVERNADOR, O GOVERNADOR, and a second O VICE GOVERNADOR are printed along the lower portion above the serial number panels. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA 1000 DECRETO N.º 12 131 DE 14 DE AGOSTO DE 1926 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1956 O VICE GOVERNADOR O GOVERNADOR O VICE GOVERNADOR BARRACEM DAS MABUBAS BRITO CAPELO (Translation: Bank of Angola / One Thousand / Decree No. 12,131 of 14 August 1926 / 15 August 1956 / The Deputy Governor / The Governor / The Deputy Governor / Mabubas Dam / Brito Capelo) |
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By 1956, Angola was still a Portuguese Overseas Province, and the Banco de Angola operated under tight Lisbon oversight — this note circulated in an economy built almost entirely around coffee exports, which had made the territory one of Africa's leading producers by mid-decade. The 1000 Escudo denomination was serious money in that context; a laborer on a coffee plantation in the Uíge district might earn a fraction of this in a month.
Thomas De La Rue's production quality for this series is characteristically high, and the watermark security was considered adequate for the era. The P#91 series would eventually be superseded as Angola's monetary administration grew more complex in the years leading toward independence.