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500 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 lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA 500 ROBERTO IVENS PORTO DE LUANDA 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1956 DECRETO No.32.131 DE 14 DE AGOSTO DE 1926 O GOVERNADOR O VICE-GOVERNADOR (Translation: Bank of Angola / 500 / Roberto Ivens / Port of Luanda / 15 August 1956 / Decree No. 32.131 of 14 August 1926 / The Governor / The Vice-Governor) |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette illustrates two rhinoceroses in a savannah landscape, with a large individual in the foreground and a second partially visible near a bare tree in the background, rendered in detailed engraving against an open grassland setting. The denomination numeral 500 appears in all four corners within guilloche borders, and the full denomination in words is inscribed across the lower margin. The printer's imprint runs along the bottom edge. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA 500 QUINHENTOS ESCUDOS THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDRES INGLATERRA (Translation: Bank of Angola / 500 / Five Hundred Escudos / Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd. London England) |
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