500 escudos, Banco de Portugal, 1922
Production Place
England
Production Date
17-11-1922
Materials
Paper
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The 500-escudo banknotes of plate 2 were instrumental in a fraud with unique characteristics that became known as the ‘Angola and Metrópole case’ or ‘Alves Reis case’. Using forged contracts, Alves Reis introduced in Portugal hundreds of thousands of illegal banknotes of this type, some of which were to be known as ‘camarões’ (shrimp).
The 500-escudo banknotes of plate 2 were instrumental in a fraud with unique characteristics that became known as the ‘Angola and Metrópole case’ or ‘Alves Reis case’. Using forged contracts, Alves Reis introduced in Portugal hundreds of thousands of illegal banknotes of this type, some of which were to be known as ‘camarões’ (shrimp).
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