{"product_id":"portugal-p178-100-escudos-1980-85-xf-extra-fine-this-obscene-poet-got-inquisition","title":"Portugal P178 100 Escudos 1980-85 XF Extra Fine—This Obscene Poet Got Inquisition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsome circulated survivor from Portugal's final Escudo era — the 8th print of the beloved Bocage 100 Escudos note, featuring one of the country's most celebrated and scandalous literary figures alongside a stunning engraving of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rossio_Square\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRossio Square\u003c\/a\u003e as it appeared at the dawn of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark blue on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bocage_(poet)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eManuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage\u003c\/a\u003e (1765–1805), poet, from an engraving by painter Henrique José da Silva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoat of arms:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrint designation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapa 8 (8th print)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark blue on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScene:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reproduction of an engraving of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rossio_Square\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRossio Square\u003c\/a\u003e (O Rossio) at the beginning of the 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e You may receive any variety:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-178a; Silva# 107 — 1980-Sep-02; Gov. Manuel Jacinto Nunes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-178b; Silva# 108 — 1981-Feb-24; Gov. Manuel Jacinto Nunes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-178c; Silva# 109 — 1984-Jan-31; Gov. Manuel Jacinto Nunes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-178d; Silva# 110 — 1985-Mar-12; Gov. Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-178e; Silva# 111\/112 — 1985-Jun-04; Gov. Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-178; Silva# 107–111; Numista N#202847\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Manuel M. B. du Bocage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150 × 73 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banco_de_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé), Haarlem, Netherlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31 May 1990\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_escudo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese Escudo\u003c\/a\u003e (1911–2001)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Defrocked Poet Who Shocked a Nation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bocage_(poet)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBocage\u003c\/a\u003e was born in \u003cstrong\u003eSetúbal in 1765\u003c\/strong\u003e and became the most celebrated — and most notorious — lyric poet of 18th-century Portugal. A master of the \u003cstrong\u003esonnet\u003c\/strong\u003e, he combined classical elegance with raw, often obscene wit that landed him in serious trouble with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inquisition\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInquisition\u003c\/a\u003e. He was imprisoned in \u003cstrong\u003e1797\u003c\/strong\u003e for his irreverent verses and his association with \u003cstrong\u003eFreemasonry\u003c\/strong\u003e and revolutionary ideas flowing in from France. After recanting, he was released — a \u003cstrong\u003ebroken but still brilliant\u003c\/strong\u003e figure who died in \u003cstrong\u003e1805\u003c\/strong\u003e at just 40 years old. His erotic and satirical poems circulated in manuscript for generations after his death, making him a kind of underground literary legend. Today he is remembered as the Portuguese \u003cstrong\u003eRimbaud\u003c\/strong\u003e — a genius who burned too bright and too fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRossio: The Living Room of Lisbon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRossio Square\u003c\/strong\u003e (officially Praça Dom Pedro IV) has been the beating heart of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisbon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLisbon\u003c\/a\u003e for over 700 years. The engraving on the reverse captures it at the turn of the 19th century — before the \u003cstrong\u003eneoclassical National Theatre\u003c\/strong\u003e (built 1842) dominated its northern end, and before the iconic \u003cstrong\u003ewave-pattern cobblestones\u003c\/strong\u003e were laid. In Bocage's own lifetime, this was the square where news spread, poets argued, and the city's pulse was felt. The pairing of poet and square on this note is no accident — both are quintessentially, irreducibly \u003cstrong\u003eLisboeta\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Portugal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003ePortus Cale\u003c\/em\u003e, the Roman name for the settlement near present-day \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Porto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePorto\u003c\/a\u003e at the mouth of the Douro River; evolved through medieval Latin into \"Portugale\" and then \"Portugal\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisbon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLisbon\u003c\/a\u003e — city pop. ~545,000; metro pop. ~2.9 million (UN 2023) — comparable to Kansas City metro or the city of Atlanta\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name of Lisbon:\u003c\/strong\u003e Likely pre-Roman, possibly Phoenician \u003cem\u003eAllis Ubbo\u003c\/em\u003e (\"delightful shore\"); Romans called it \u003cem\u003eOlisipo\u003c\/em\u003e, which evolved through Moorish \u003cem\u003eAl-Ushbuna\u003c\/em\u003e into the modern name\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~10.2 million (UN 2023) — comparable to Michigan or Sweden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92,212 km² (35,603 mi²) — slightly smaller than Indiana or South Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$40,000 USD (IMF 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vehicles and parts, refined petroleum, machinery, footwear, cork products, wine, tourism services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spain (only land border); Atlantic Ocean to the west and south\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial language:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c\/a\u003e (majority); significant communities of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilians_in_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBrazilians\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Verdeans_in_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCape Verdeans\u003c\/a\u003e, and other Lusophone Africans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (1955); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNATO\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1949); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Union\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEuropean Union\u003c\/a\u003e (1986); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eurozone\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEurozone\u003c\/a\u003e (1999); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCPLP\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1996 — hosts secretariat in Lisbon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent kingdom from 1139; republic since 1910; current democratic republic established after the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnation_Revolution\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCarnation Revolution\u003c\/a\u003e of 1974\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePortugal Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Age of Discovery:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portugal was the first European power to establish a global maritime empire — by 1500, Portuguese sailors had reached Brazil, India, and the coast of Africa, reshaping world trade forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 1755 Lisbon earthquake\u003c\/strong\u003e killed an estimated 30,000–40,000 people and triggered a tsunami and fire that destroyed most of the city — one of the deadliest earthquakes in European history, it sparked the Enlightenment debate on theodicy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCork king:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portugal produces over 50% of the world's cork, and the Alentejo region alone contains the largest cork oak forest on Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fado\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFado\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portugal's haunting national music genre is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage — its themes of longing (\u003cem\u003esaudade\u003c\/em\u003e) mirror the national psyche shaped by centuries of seafaring and loss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSalazar's long shadow:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAntónio de Oliveira Salazar\u003c\/a\u003e ruled Portugal as a dictator from \u003cstrong\u003e1932 to 1968\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the longest-serving authoritarian rulers in 20th-century Europe — and the country only transitioned to democracy in \u003cstrong\u003e1974\u003c\/strong\u003e, just six years before this note was printed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Escudo's end:\u003c\/strong\u003e This very note was demonetized in 1990, and the Escudo itself vanished entirely in 2002 when Portugal adopted the Euro — a currency that would have been unimaginable when Bocage walked the streets of Lisbon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this XF example of Portugal P-178 and hold a piece of the final chapter of the Escudo — a note that pairs one of Portugal's most rebellious literary minds with the square where Lisbon has always come alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52741305860407,"sku":"PT178XF","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/PT178or.jpg?v=1785414935","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/portugal-p178-100-escudos-1980-85-xf-extra-fine-this-obscene-poet-got-inquisition","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}