1,000 Escudos note, 6 February 1992, Teófilo Braga, Plate 12, Bank of Portugal, WPM Pick 181, (AU)

1,000 Escudos banknote, 6 February 1992, Teófilo Braga, Plate 12, Banco de Portugal, World Paper Money Pick 181

Series / Number: 8A26552832

Governor’s signature: José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira

Deputy Governor’s signature: António Mendo Castel-Branco Borges

Condition: Almost Uncirculated

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Description and technical characteristics:

Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL

Denomination: 1000$00 ‘one thousand escudos’, ‘1000 Escudos’

Plate: 12

Front view: An allegorical scene featuring, as its central figure, the Portrait of Teófilo Braga (1843–1924), who held several doctorates and was renowned as a distinguished historian of Portuguese literature, poet and statesman; to his left, within a composition of four pointed arches, is a medieval illustration, whilst the remainder of the plate is occupied by a varied arrangement of geometric designs reminiscent of Hispano-Arabic tiles.

Reverse: An allegorical representation featuring, most prominently, a 12th-century Romanesque capital from the Machado de Castro National Museum resting on a book and papyri; also visible are oak and laurel branches, to the left of the capital, the first royal seal of 1134 bearing the inscription “Portugal”, and to its right, a composition of four pointed arches containing four illustrations representing song, music, dance, poetry and writing.

Design: Luís Filipe de Abreu

Watermark: located on the right, on a white patch, the bust of Teófilo Braga in a frontal position.

Security features: a micro-printed security thread in a broken line with “Portugal”; on the reverse, yellow fluorescent illustrations when exposed to ultraviolet light.

Dimensions: 163x75 mm

Printed by: Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd

First issue: 02/02/1983

Last issue: 03/03/1994

Withdrawn from circulation: 31/12/1997

Dates printed on banknotes, Series 12: 2 August 1983; 12 June 1986; 26 February 1987; 3 September 1987; 22 December 1988; 9 November 1989; 26 July 1990; 20 December 1990; 6 February 1992; 17 June 1993; 3 March 1994

Signature Combinations: There are multiple variations

International references: At the Krause World Paper Money catalogue, international code for this banknote = PORTUGAL Pick#181j

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1,000 Escudos banknote, 1992, Teófilo Braga, 1,000$00 ‘Escudos’, 6 February 1992, Plate: 12, Bank of Portugal, Serial Number: 8A26552832, Governor’s signature: José Alberto Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira, Deputy Governor’s signature: António Mendo Castel-Branco Borges