10,000 Escudos Banknote Egas Moniz May 16, 1991, Plate 1, Bank of Portugal, World Paper Money Pick 185c, (Circulated)

10,000 Escudos Banknote 1991 Egas Moniz Plate: 1 Lisbon May 16, 1991, ten thousand Escudos (10,000$00) 05/16/1991 Plate: 1 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: BHV 035710, Signatures The Governor: José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira - The Deputy Governor: António Carlos Feio Palmeiro Ribeiro, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#185c

Condition: Circulated 

(In case of order the banknote you will receive corresponds 100% to this photographed specimen)

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Technical Characteristics of the 10,000 Escudos Egas Moniz Banknote

• Issuer: BANK OF PORTUGAL
• Plate: 1
• Denomination: 10,000$00 (ten thousand escudos)
• Date: Lisbon May 16, 1991
• Dimensions: 177 X 75 mm
• Printer: British American Bank Note Ink.
• Designer: Luís Filipe de Abreu
• International references: World Paper Money - Portugal Pick#185c
• Serial number: BHV 035710
• Signatures:

1. The Governor: José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira
2. The Deputy Governor: António Carlos Feio Palmeiro Ribeiro

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Description of the 10000 Escudos Plate 1 Banknote

Main illustration on the obverse of the Banknote: Medical themed allegory featuring the Portrait of Professor Doctor Egas Moniz (1874-1955) and to his left a human brain a representation of the vascular system themes linked to the activities of the distinguished physician who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine

Main illustration on the reverse of the banknote: Allegory representing intertwined serpents over the tree of life the struggle between life and death between benign and malignant forces on the left within the same allegory the Nobel Prize in Medicine medal

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Security and Technical Elements

• Watermark: located on the right over a blank area the bust of Egas Moniz in frontal view
• Security mechanism: segmented microprinted security thread with “Portugal” paper with scattered red and green fluorescent fibers

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Issues of the 10000 Escudos Egas Moniz Banknote (Plate 1)

Total Issued: 53 993 000

• 14 933 000 banknotes dated January 12 1989 26 380 000 banknotes dated December 14 1989 and 12 680 000 banknotes dated May 16 1991
• First issue: 15/05/1989
• Last issue: 16-05-1991
• Withdrawal from Circulation: 31/12/1997

The 10 000$00 plate:1 Egas Moniz banknotes have 3 issue dates being 12/01/1989 14/12/1989 and 16/05/1991 However there are variants regarding signatures prefixes and serial numbers

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Collecting Portuguese 10000 Escudos Banknotes

To collect Portuguese 10 000$00 (ten thousand) escudos banknotes issued by the Bank of Portugal know its 2 plates in chronological order: 10000$00 plate 1 of Egas Moniz and 10000$00 plate 2 of Infante D.Henrique highlighting and taking into account that in the different plates there are different dates

In each banknote issue there are different variants collectible by the various dates signatures prefixes and serial numbers as well as errors and other characteristics that lead collectors to expand their collection

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Bibliographic Credits: Bank of Portugal Catalogue "PAPER MONEY IN PORTUGAL"

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10,000 Escudos 1991 Egas Moniz Plate: 1 Lisbon May 16, 1991, ten thousand Escudos (10,000$00) 05/16/1991 Plate: 1 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: BHV 035710, Signatures The Governor: José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira - The Deputy Governor: António Carlos Feio Palmeiro Ribeiro, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#185c