| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1995-1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Escudos (5000 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 146 × 75 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | P#190 |
| Obverse description | Deep olive-green and brown-violet on underprint. Portrait of the navigator and Viceroy of India Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), based on the painting in the Museum of Ancient Art. Medallion with `Cruz de Malta` at upper center; armilar sphere in background at center. Chapa 3; six signatures varieties. |
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| Obverse lettering | banco de Portugal 5 mil escudos 5000 LISBOA, 2 DE JULHO DE 1998. (Translation: Bank of Portugal 5 Thousand Escudos 5000 Lisbon, July 2, 1998.) |
| Reverse description | Deep olive-green and brown-violet on underprint. A nau (ship) from the period; a reproduction of a tapestry depicting Vasco da Gama`s encounter with the Samorin of Calicut; the Coat of Arms of the Count of Vidigueira; and a pepper tree. |
| Reverse lettering | 5000 banco de Portugal 5000 Tal embaixada dava o Capitão A qual o Rei gentio respondia Que em ver embaixadores de Nação Tão remota grão glória recebia. Camões - Os Lusíadas (Translation: 5000 Bank of Portugal Such an embassy was given by the Captain To which the Gentile King responded That in seeing ambassadors of the Nation So remote a grain of glory received. Camões - Os Lusíadas) |
| Signature(s) | António José Fernandes de Sousa, Abel Moreira Mateus, Bernardino Manuel da Costa Pereira, Diogo José Paredes Leite de Campos, António Manuel Martins Pereira Marta, João António Morais da Costa Pinto, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Cruz, Luís Manuel Mo |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Vasco da Gama |
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| Numisquare ID | 5929135140 |
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