100 Escudos Note 1961 Pedro Nunes 19/12/1961, 100$00 One Hundred Escudos Plate: 6A Bank of Portugal, Circulated, Pick 165

100 Escudos 1961 Pedro Nunes Plate: 6A Lisbon, 19 December 1961, one hundred Escudos (100$00) 19/12/1961 Plate: 6A Bank of Portugal, Serial number: LH 02124, Signatures The Governor: Rafael da Silva Neves Duque - The Administrator: António Luís Gomes, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#165

Condition: Circulated

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Descriptive characteristics:

• Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL
• Plate: 6A
• Date: Lisbon, 19 December 1961
• Dimensions: 149 x 90 mm
• Main illustration on the front of the note: Pedro Nunes
• Main illustration on the back of the note: Bank of Portugal logo and Cloister of the Monastery of Batalha
• International references: World Paper Money - Portugal Pick#165
• Serial number: LH 02124
• Signatures:

1. The Governor: Rafael da Silva Neves Duque
2. The Administrator: António Luís Gomes

• Issues: 31,270,000 banknotes dated 19 December 1961 (First issue: 29 May 1963, Last issue: 15 April 1968);
• Withdrawn from circulation: 31/12/1978;
• The 100$00 banknotes, plate: 6 A by Pedro Nunes, have a single date of issue: 19/12/1961. However, there are variations in the signatures, prefixes and serial numbers. On the other hand, the 100 escudo notes, plate 6, also bear the effigy of Pedro Nunes and have four issue dates.

To collect 100$00 (one hundred) Portuguese escudo banknotes issued by the Bank of Portugal, learn about its nine issues in chronological order: 1918 100$00 banknote, plate 1, by Pedro Álvares Cabral; 1920 100$00 banknote, plate 2, by Diogo de Couto; 100$00 banknote 1928 plate 4 by Gomes Freire, 100$00 banknote 1935 plate 5 by João Pinto Ribeiro, 100$00 banknote 1947 plate 6 by Pedro Nunes, 100$00 banknote 1961 plate 6A  by Pedro Nunes, 100$00 note 1965 plate 7 by Camilo Castelo Branco, 100$00 note 1980 plate 8 by Manuel Maria du Bocage, 100$00 note 1986 plate 9 by Fernando Pessoa. Each issue of banknotes has different collectable variants due to different dates, signatures, prefixes and serial numbers, as well as errors and other characteristics that encourage collectors to expand their collections.

Bibliographic credits: Banco de Portugal catalogue ‘O PAPEL-MOEDA EM PORTUGAL’ (Paper Money in Portugal)

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100 Escudos 1961 Pedro Nunes Plate: 6A Lisbon 19 December 1961, one hundred Escudos (100$00) 19/12/1961 Plate: 6A Bank of Portugal, Serial number: LH 02124, Signatures The Governor: Rafael da Silva Neves Duque - The Administrator: António Luís Gomes, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#165