500 Escudos Banknote 1993 Mouzinho da Silveira, CHT 037409, Plate: 12 - Bank of Portugal (Circulated), Pick 180

500 Escudos 1993 Mouzinho da Silveira Plate: 12 Lisbon 4 November 1993, Five Hundred Escudos (500$00) 04/11/1993 Plate: 12 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: CHT 037409, Signatures The Governor: Luís Miguel Couceiro Pizarro Beleza - The Deputy Governor: José António Cardoso Veloso, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#180

Condition: Circulated

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Descriptive characteristics:

• Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL
• Plate: 12
• Date: Lisbon, 4 November 1993
• Dimensions: 156 x 74 mm
• Main illustration on the front of the note: effigy of Mouzinho da Silveira
• International references: World Paper Money - Portugal Pick#180f
• Serial number: CHT 037409
• Signatures:

1. The Governor: Luís Miguel Couceiro Pizarro Beleza
2. The Administrator: José António Cardoso Veloso

• Issues: 179,106,000
• 19,900,000 notes dated 20 November 1987, 20,053,000 notes dated 4 August 1998, 34,273,000 notes dated 4 October 1989, 47,420,000 notes dated 13 February 1992, 22,000,000 notes dated 18 March 1993, 25,000,000 notes dated 4 November 1993 and 10,460,000 notes dated 29 September 1994 (First issue: 7 October 1988, Last issue: 7 November 2000)
• Withdrawn from circulation: 31/04/1998
• The 500$00 notes, plate: 12 by Mouzinho da Silveira, have seven issue dates: 20/11/1987, 04/08/1988, 04/10/1989, 13/02/1992, 18/03/1993, 04/11/1993 and 29/09/1994. However, there are variations in signatures, prefixes and serial numbers.

To collect 500 (five hundred) Portuguese escudo banknotes issued by the Bank of Portugal, learn about their 13 plates in chronological order: 500$00 banknote plate 1 by João de Deus, 500$00 banknote plate 2 1922 Vasco da Gama, 500$00 banknote plate 4 Duque de Palmela, 500$00 banknote 1932 plate 5 by José da Silva Carvalho, 500$00 banknote 1938 plate 6 Infante D. Henrique, 500$00 banknote 1942 plate 7 Damião de Gois, 500$00 note, plate 8 D. João IV, 500$00 note 1958 plate 9 D. Francisco de Almeida, 500$00 note plate 10 D. João II, 500$00 note plate 11 1979 Francisco Sanches, 500$00 note plate 12 Mouzinho da Silveira and 500$00 note plate 13 João de Barros, highlighting and taking into account that there are different dates on different plates.

Each issue of banknotes has different variants, collectable for their different dates, signatures, prefixes and serial numbers, as well as errors and other characteristics that lead collectors to expand their collections.

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

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500 Escudos 1993 Mouzinho da Silveira Plate: 12 Lisbon 4 November 1993, Five Hundred Escudos (500$00) 04/11/1993 Plate: 12 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: CHT 037409, Signatures The Governor: Luís Miguel Couceiro Pizarro Beleza - The Administrator: José António Cardoso Veloso, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#180