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CABO VERDE
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. The islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,033 km2. It forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. Capital city: Praia, Official language: Portuguese, Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
100 Escudos
Alloy: Bronze + Cupronickel
Weight: 11.00 grams
Diameter: 26 mm
100 Escudos reverse
Bird Series
Alauda Razae Alexandre, Location: Raso Islet.
Ship Series
Madalan, Built in 1928 in Italy.
Plant Series
Aeonium Gorgoneum, Location: S. Vicente, Santo Antão and S. Nicolau.
50 Escudos reverse
Alloy: Nickel Plated Steel
Weight: 7.40 g
Diameter: 28 mm
50 Escudos
Bird Series
Passer Iagoensis Gould, Location: Santo Antão, S. Nicolau and perhaps Santiago.
Plant Series
Asteriscus Vogelii (Webb) Walp, Location: Santo Antão, S. Vicente, Fogo and Santiago.
Ship Series
Senhor das Areias, Built in Spain in an unknown location and rebuilt in Aveiro, Portugal in 1943.
20 Escudos reverse
Alloy: Nickel Plated Steel
Weight: 5.90 g
Diameter: 25 mm
20 Escudos
Bird Series
Sula Leucogaster Boddaert, Location: Santiago, Brava, Boa Vista, Cima and Raso Islets.
Plant Series
Limonium Braunii Bolle, Location: Santo Antão
Ship Series
Novas de Alegria, It was built in 1899 in England.
10 Escudos reverse
Alloy: Nickel Plated Steel
Weight: 4.57 g
Diameter: 22 mm
10 Escudos
Bird Series
Halcyon Leucocephala, Location: Santiago, Fogo and Brava.
Plant Series
Echium Stenosiphon Webb, Location: Santo Antão, S. Vicente and S. Nicolau.
Ship Series
Oak Schooner, Built in 1937 on the island of Brava, it is currently in disrepair.
5 Escudos reverse
Alloy: Copper-clad steel
Weight: 4.00 g
Diameter: 21 mm
5 Escudos
Bird Series
Pandion Haliaetus
Linneu
Location: All islands of Cape Verde
Plant Series
Campanula Jacobae
Webb
Location: Santo Antão, S. Vicente, S. Nicolau, Santiago, Fogo and Brava.
Ship Series
Belmira Caíque, Built in 1915 in an unknown location, it was initially named BOA ESPERANÇA. This vessel makes trips between Maio and Pedra Badejo.
CABO VERDE
Country in Africa
The escudo (sign: Cifrão symbol. ISO 4217: CVE) is the currency of the Republic of Cape Verde.
5000 Escudos
Dimensions: 148 x 74 mm
Color: Brown
Paper: 100% cotton fluorescent fiber.
Obverse: of the 5000-escudo note depicts a Cape Verdean woman carrying rocks on her head. This image may refer to the role that Cape Verdean women played in the creation of roads in the country. After independence, the government employed many women for roles usually undertaken by men, due to the absence of men working overseas.
Reverse: of the note depicts the Royal Fort in the ‘Old City’ and the caption indicates this in Portuguese, i.e. PORTALEZA REAL – CIDADE VELHA. The Cidade Velha, or ‘Old City’, refers to the settlement of Ribeira Grande on the southern coast of Santiago, the largest island in Cape Verde. This is the location of the first Portuguese settlement in Africa, established shortly after 1460.
2000 Escudos
Dimensions: 142 X 71 mm
Color: Blue
Obverse: composition and surpassing half of the largest size of the note, there’s the picture of Eugénio Tavares, over a polychrome background consisting of flower petals.
Reverse: of the note carries lines from Morna aguada, a morna by Eugénio Tavares, written over a flower that is known in Cape Verde as the “cardeal” (cardinal flower). The title of "Morna aguada" is difficult to interpret. A literal translation is ‘Watery Morna, but the concept of ‘water’ probably refers to tears and to the water that separates loved ones (particularly apt for inhabitants of an island nation). The text from the "Morna aguada" can be translated as:
If I am to live in this misery
Which does not have
The one that wants me
Then I want to die without light
On my cross
With this pain
To give my life
To the martyrdom of love
1000 Escudos
Dimensions: 136 X 66 mm
Color: Purple
Paper: 100% cotton fluorescent fiber.
Obverse: The front of the note is dominated by the portrait of António Aurélio Gonçalves, supported by a medallion made of dragon tree leaves. In the upper part of this band, there’s a hexagon printed in dry green metallic ink, over which there’s a relief print of a dragon tree.
Reverse: The main element is the picture of a landscape of São Nicolau Island, the most prominent element being the image of a dragon tree.
500 Escudos
Dimensions: 130 X 65 mm
Color: Green
Paper: Cotton with invisible fluorescent fibers, unless under UV light.
Obverse: portrait Roberto Duarte Silva, which dominates the front part of the note, there’s a rectangular vertical band. In the lower part of the band, there’s the denomination “500,” written vertically. In the upper part of this band, there’s a hexagon printed in dry green metallic ink.
Reverse: "Trapiche" (sugar cane mill), Ilha de Santo Antão - Saint Anthony Island.
200 Escudos
Dimensions: 121 x 62 mm
Color: Green
Obverse: of the note is dominated by the portrait of the ship “Ernestina”, placed on a medallion representing the firmament.
Reverse: of the note, there is a composition alluding to some means of communication; over it, there’s a light green band, on the upper left corner of which there’s a vertically oriented ear of corn. On the right side of this band, there are the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Cape Verde and a detail of the pano-de-obra.
