Final escudo banknote series
1990s (until the changeover to the euro) ・ paper ・ 20th century ・ Banco de Portugal
obverse
About the photos
The reverse is not shown on this page. Only the obverse is pictured.
The last banknote series of the escudo carries the figures of the Age of Discovery: John II on the 500, Vasco da Gama on the 5000. For its final edition, a national currency eight hundred years old chose the summit of its own story. In 2002 the notes were withdrawn from circulation, and the unit itself passed into history.