5,000 Escudos banknote, 1985, António Sérgio, 5,000$00, 4 June 1985, Plate: 1 – Bank of Portugal (Circulated)

5,000 Escudos banknote 1985 António Sérgio, 5,000$00 4 June 1985 Plate: 1 – Bank of Portugal (Circulated)

5,000 Escudos note (5000$00) 4 June 1985 António Sérgio CH. 1

Condition: Circulated

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Description:

Issuer: BANK OF PORTUGAL

Dimensions: 170 x 75 mm

Main illustration on the front of the note: António Sérgio

Signatures:

1. The Governor: Vitor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio
2. The Deputy Governor: Abel António Pinto dos Reis

Issues: 80,772,000

• 10,666,000 notes dated 10 September 1980, 19,871,000 notes dated 27 January 1981, 19,971,000 notes dated 24 May 1983, 14,984,000 notes dated 4 June 1985 and 15,280,000 notes dated 7 January 1986.
• Date of issue: 25/02/1981
• Withdrawn from circulation: 30/11/1992

International references: Krause’s Catalogue of World Paper Money, international code for this banknote = PORTUGAL Pick#182

To collect 5,000 escudos banknotes issued by the Bank of Portugal, familiarise yourself with its three series in chronological order: 5000$00 note, plate 1 by António Sérgio; 5000$00 note, plate 2 by Antero de Quental; and 5000$00 note, plate 3 by Vasco da Gama, noting that the various plates feature different dates.

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

Bibliographical credits: Bank of Portugal catalogue ‘O PAPEL-MOEDA EM PORTUGAL’

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Original 5,000 Escudos banknote from Portugal, issued by the Bank of Portugal on 4 June 1985, featuring a portrait of António Sérgio. Plate 1, circulated condition.