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20 Escudos

Issuer Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Year 1921
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Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Obverse lettering BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE VINTE ESCUDOS PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE LISBOA, I de Janeiro de 1921. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES
(Translation: National Overseas Bank Province of Cape Verde Twenty Escudos Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde Lisbon, January 1st, 1921. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London)
Reverse description Dark-blue and green intaglio print on a fine guilloche underprint. A central circular vignette, inscribed with "BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO" around its border, encloses an allegorical seated female figure gazing toward sailing ships at sea; the denomination numeral "20" appears in large white figures at both left and right flanking the central medallion. A rectangular panel at the top reads "PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE CABO VERDE" in two lines, with "CABO VERDE" rendered in a contrasting colour.
Reverse lettering PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 20 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres
(Translation: Payable at the premises of the Province of Cape Verde National Overseas Bank Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London)
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