1,000 Escudos note, 1998, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Series 7B5885697, Uncirculated, Pick 188

1000 Escudos 1998 Pedro Alvares Cabral Plate: 13 Lisbon 21 May 1998, one thousand Escudos (1000$00) 21/05/1998 Plate: 13 Bank of Portugal, Serial number: 7B5885697, Signatures The Governor: António José Fernandes de Sousa - The Director: Diogo José Paredes Leite de Campos, World Paper Money Portugal Pick#188

Condition: Uncirculated

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Description:

• Issuer: BANCO DE PORTUGAL
• Serial number: 13
• Date: Lisbon, 21 May 1998
• Dimensions: 132 x 68 mm
• Main illustration on the front of the banknote: Pedro Alvares Cabral
• Main illustration on the back of the banknote: ship
• International references: World Paper Money - Portugal Pick#188d
• Serial number: 7B5885697
• Signatures:

1. The Governor: António José Fernandes de Sousa
2. The Administrator: Diogo José Paredes Leite de Campos

Issues: 230,000,000

• 56,000,000 banknotes dated 18 April 1996, 40,000,000 banknotes dated 31 October 1996, 40,000,000 banknotes dated 12 March 1998, 50,000,000 notes dated 21 May 1998 and 44,000,000 notes dated 7 November 2000 (First issue: 6 September 1976)
• Withdrawn from circulation: 28/02/2002
• The 1000$00 banknotes featuring Pedro Alvares Cabral (plate 13) have five issue dates: 18/04/1996, 31/10/1996, 12/03/1998, 21/05/1998 and 07/11/2000. However, there are variants relating to signatures, prefixes and serial numbers.

To collect 1,000 escudos banknotes issued by the Bank of Portugal, here are the 13 series in chronological order: 1000$00 note 1920, design A featuring the Duke of Terceira; 1000$00 note 1920, design 1 featuring Luís de Camões; 1000$00 note, design 2 featuring António Castilho; 1000$00 note 1925, design 3 featuring the Viscount of Seabra; 1000$00 note 1927, plate 3, featuring Oliveira Martins; 1000$00 note 1929, plate 4, featuring Sá da Bandeira; 1000$00 note 1932, plate 5, featuring the Count of Castelo Melhor; 1000$00 note 1938, plate 6, featuring Mestre de Aviz; 1000$00 note, plate 7, 1942, D. Afonso Henriques, 1000$00 note, 1956, plate 8, Filipa de Lencastre, 1000$00 note, 1961, plate 8A, D. Filipa de Lencastre, 1000$00 note, plate 9, D. Diniz, 1000$00 note, plate 10, of Maria II; 1000$00 note, plate 11, of King Pedro V; 1000$00 note, plate 12, of Teófilo de Braga; and 1000$00 note, plate 13, of Pedro Alvares Cabral, noting that different 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 References: Bank of Portugal catalogue "O PAPEL-MOEDA EM PORTUGAL" - ‘PAPER MONEY IN PORTUGAL’

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A 1,000 Escudos banknote issued by the Bank of Portugal on 21 May 1998, Pedro Álvares Cabral.  This specimen, with the serial number 7B5885697, is in Uncirculated (UNC) condition, making it ideal for a collection of Portuguese banknotes.