"Specimen" 1.7.2002 500 Escudos from Cape Verde -- Banco de Cabo Verde. Pick Number 64s2 and serial number JQ000000 0711. Graded 66 PPQ (Premium Paper Quality) Gem New by PCGS. According to PMG Population Report this banknote has a population of one, finest known with no other grade in this pick number! Wonderful bright bold colors appealing to the eyes, good embossing and lovely crisp margins evident in the holder. Serial number located in the front of the banknote in black and red twice and especime seen across both sides of the note in bold red print. Overall lovely note with amazing qualities worth the bid.1.7.2002. Purple, blue, and dark brown on multicolored underprint. Dr. B. Lopes da Silva at center right. Shipyard on back. As a specimen. Overprint ESPECIMEN in red on both sides. Punch hole cancelled. He was born in Ribeira Brava, capital of the Island of São Nicolau. Around the beginning of the 20th century, he moved to Mindelo out west on the island of São Vicente, later he met family members there.During the pre-Claridade generation which was before 1936, he was the three literary and cultural figures of Cape Verde, the others were Eugénio Tavares and Pedro Cardoso. He wrote some of his poems in Cape Verdean Creole including São Nicolau Creole as well as the São Vicente one.

Note- Due to the new and burgeoning world currency market, PCGS has not yet made public a world currency population report. PCGS is slated to publish a population database in the coming months. Until that time, Trusted Traditions World has used the PMG population reports solely as a guide to help evaluate the rarity of all of our notes. PMG grades a higher volume of world paper money submissions, so we feel this is a very accurate evaluation of rarity and scarcity. Should your needs require, we are happy to request from PCGS an exact population report on a case by case basis.

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