{"product_id":"portugal-p179-100-escudos-1986-88-xf-extra-fine-stunning-rose-poet-pessoa","title":"Portugal P179 100 Escudos 1986-88 XF Extra Fine—Red Rose=Pessoa≠Schizophrenia…","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 9th and final print before the euro of 100 Escudos is its most extraordinary — the only banknote in the world dedicated to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Pessoa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/a\u003e, the shape-shifting literary genius who invented four distinct poets inside himself, all of whom appear on the reverse alongside a rose and a tangle of ribbons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark blue on multicolor tan and cyan underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Pessoa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/a\u003e (1888–1935), poet and writer, from a drawing\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 Ch. 9 (9th print)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark blue and red on multicolor tan and cyan underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003c\/strong\u003e A rose and a tangle of ribbons bearing the names of Pessoa's four \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Pessoa#Heteronyms\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eheteronyms\u003c\/a\u003e:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlberto Caeiro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChevalier de Pas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRicardo Reis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÁlvaro de Campos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernardo Soares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\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-179a; Silva# 112 — 1986-Oct-16; Gov. José Alberto Tavares Moreira\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-179b; Silva# 113 — 1987-Feb-12; Gov. José Alberto Tavares Moreira\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-179d; Silva# 115 — 1987-Dec-03; Gov. José Alberto Tavares Moreira\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-179e; Silva# 116 — 1988-May-26; Gov. José Alberto Tavares Moreira\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-179f; Silva# 117 — 1988-Nov-24; Gov. José Alberto Tavares Moreira\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-179; Silva# 112–117; Numista N#202789\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa\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 149 × 75 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 De La Rue (Thomas De La Rue \u0026amp; Co., TDLR), London, United Kingdom\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 Yes (series demonetized with the Escudo)\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\u003ch2\u003eThe Man Who Was Many Men\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Pessoa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/a\u003e was born in \u003cstrong\u003eLisbon in 1888\u003c\/strong\u003e and spent most of his life in near-obscurity, working as a commercial translator by day and writing some of the most radical poetry of the 20th century by night. What made him singular — and what makes this note singular — is his invention of \u003cstrong\u003eheteronyms\u003c\/strong\u003e: not pen names, but fully realized alternative identities, each with their own biography, philosophy, and poetic style. \u003cstrong\u003eAlberto Caeiro\u003c\/strong\u003e was a pastoral naif who denied metaphysics. \u003cstrong\u003eRicardo Reis\u003c\/strong\u003e was a classicist and monarchist. \u003cstrong\u003eÁlvaro de Campos\u003c\/strong\u003e was a \u003cstrong\u003eWhitmanesque\u003c\/strong\u003e modernist engineer who wrote in ecstatic free verse. \u003cstrong\u003eBernardo Soares\u003c\/strong\u003e kept a melancholy prose diary, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/em\u003e, that was only published after Pessoa's death. Pessoa himself died in \u003cstrong\u003e1935\u003c\/strong\u003e at age 47, leaving behind a trunk containing over \u003cstrong\u003e25,000 manuscript pages\u003c\/strong\u003e — most of it unpublished. Today he is considered one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language and a towering figure of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Rose for Every Self\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse design is unlike anything else in world banknote art. Rather than a building or a landscape, the Bank of Portugal chose to represent Pessoa's \u003cstrong\u003emultiplicity of selves\u003c\/strong\u003e — a rose at the center, ribbons unfurling with the names of his heteronyms. It is a \u003cstrong\u003ephilosophical statement\u003c\/strong\u003e pressed into paper currency: identity is not singular, the self is a fiction, and a nation can honor a man precisely for his refusal to be just one person. For a collector, this note is not just money — it is a \u003cstrong\u003emeditation on authorship and identity\u003c\/strong\u003e rendered in ink and cotton fiber.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\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 twelve years before this note was printed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Escudo's end:\u003c\/strong\u003e This note was part of the final decade of the Escudo — the currency vanished entirely in 2002 when Portugal adopted the Euro, a currency Pessoa could never have imagined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this Portugal P-179 and hold the only banknote ever issued in honor of a man who was, simultaneously, many men — a collector's piece as philosophically rich as it is historically significant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52741306548535,"sku":"PT179XF","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/Pt179or.jpg?v=1785415338","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/portugal-p179-100-escudos-1986-88-xf-extra-fine-stunning-rose-poet-pessoa","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}