500 Escudos 1952 D. João IV 11/03/1952, 500$00 Five Hundred Escudos Plate: 8 Bank of Portugal, (C), Pick 158

500 Escudos 1952 D. João IV Plate: 8 Lisbon 11 March 1952, five hundred escudos (500$00) 11/03/1952 Plate: 8 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: DG 04948, Signatures The Deputy Governor: Carlos de Barros Soares Branco  - The Administrator: Henrique Missa, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#158

Condition: Circulated

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Descriptive characteristics:

• Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL
• Plate: 8
• Date: Lisbon, 11 March 1952
• Dimensions: 156 x 97 mm
• Main illustration on the front of the banknote: effigy of King João IV
• Main illustration on the back of the banknote: acclamation of the king after the Restoration of Independence 
• International references: World Paper Money - Portugal Pick#158
• Serial number: DG 04948
• Signatures:

1. The Deputy Governor: Carlos de Barros Soares Branco
2. The Administrator: Henrique Missa

• Issues: 6,570,000 notes dated 28 November 1944 and 11 March 1952 (First issue: 16 February 1955, Last issue: 19 December 1961)
• Withdrawn from circulation: 30 June 1979

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

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500 Escudos 1952 D. João IV Plate: 8 Lisbon 11 March 1952, five hundred escudos (500$00) 11/03/1952 Plate: 8 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: DG 04948, Signatures The Deputy Governor: Carlos de Barros Soares Branco  - The Administrator: Henrique Missa, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#158