Green, orange, red, and purple tones give Cape Verde’s 500 Escudos note the atmosphere of poetry carried across island landscape and printed memory.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

The obverse is anchored by the portrait of poet Jorge Barbosa, with a holographic open book and an embossed open book set into the surrounding security field. The composition places literature at the centre of the denomination, allowing the page, portrait, and modern note technology to work together as a controlled tribute to Cape Verdean letters.

Reverse

The reverse turns from portrait to poem, with a quill in an inkwell, lines from Barbosa’s “Casebre,” the Poilão Dam in the Santa Cruz municipal area of Santiago, and a line drawing of women with baskets. The scene links written struggle with landscape, labour, and the poet’s home island, giving the note a distinctly Cape Verdean cultural geography.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, this 500 Escudos note is a strong literary issue within Cape Verde’s modern escudo series, centred on Jorge Barbosa and the printed memory of “Casebre.” Its De La Rue production, Jorge Barbosa watermark with electrotype typewriter and Cornerstones, solid security thread with demetalized BCV 500, and 2014 de Burgo / Frederico signature combination give the note a precise technical and cultural place among Cape Verde’s poet-themed banknotes.

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