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20 Angolares
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides (1594–1662), the Portuguese admiral and colonial administrator who reconquered Angola and São Tomé from the Dutch in 1648, rendered as a formal portrait bust in intaglio. A jungle river scene forms part of the background design, framed by intricate guilloche borders and scrollwork typical of De La Rue engraving. Issuer name and denomination appear in lettered cartouches. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA VINTE ANGOLARES (Translation: Bank of Angola, Twenty Angolares) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA VINTE ANGOLARES THOMAS DE LA RUE & COY. LTD. LONDRES, INGLATERRA (Translation: Bank of Angola, Twenty Angolares, Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London, England) |
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