500 Escudos

Cabo Verde's central bank has issued relatively few distinct note types since independence in 1975, and the 500 Escudo denomination has carried a disproportionate share of the daily transaction load in a small archipelago economy with limited coin penetration in rural islands. The 2014 series — of which this is part — was printed by Thomas De La Rue under a contract that also introduced colour-shifting ink to the Cabo Verdean series for the first time, bringing the islands' currency in line with regional West African security standards despite the escudo being entirely separate from the CFA franc zone.

Pick 72 is the most recent iteration of this denomination and remains current issue.