Cape Verde issues new 1,000-escudo note


1,000 escudos (US$12.85), 25 de Setembro de 2007. Purple, blue, green, and yellow. Front (veritcal): Writer and professor António Aurélio Gonçalves; medallion made of dragon tree leaves; hand with pen; holographic inkwell with quill. Back (vertical): Landscape of Chanzinha on the island of São Nicolau, including a dragon tree; hand with pen. Solid security thread and 4-mm windowed security thread with demetalized BCV 1000. Watermark: António Aurélio Gonçalves with electrotype 1000. Printer: (FCOF). 136 x 66 mm.

Courtesy of Manuel Rodriguez.