Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 18 April 1956, serial number ranges 007,001 to 008,500 and 008,501 to 010,000, two different signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, light mounting traces, in PMG holders 50, about uncirculated and 63, choice uncirculated, second with mounting traces, the fifth and sixth print runs for this date, very scarce and effectively unobtainable in higher grade (2 notes)
BNU ST52es, ST52fs, Pick 39s £220-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Laurence Pope Collection of Portuguese Colonial Banknotes.

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