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50 escudos Dias, Afrique
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 50 Escudos |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large vignette of a caravel of the type used by Bartolomeu Dias during his 1488 circumnavigation of Africa and rounding of the Cape of Good Hope, establishing the sea route to India. To the left, a jaguar's head appears as a symbolic reference to the African continent. Lettering and dates commemorate the historic voyage. |
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| Protection description | Transparent window integrated into the polymer substrate. |
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This is not a circulating banknote. The "Dias, Afrique" piece is part of a privately produced commemorative or artistic polymer series issued under Portuguese branding but carrying no legal tender status in any jurisdiction. The 2017 date places it among a wave of collector-oriented polymer pieces that appropriated the visual grammar of official currency without central bank backing — a category that sits awkwardly in serious catalogs but appears frequently in general inventories.
Franck Medina is a French graphic designer known for producing fantasy and specimen-style notes. No issuing authority in Portugal authorized this denomination or series.