Counterfeit_500_escudo_note_(upper)_and_a_genuine_banknote_(lower)_of_Banco_de_Portugal._Both_carry_the_same_serial_number_of_1K_02201,_1922._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg
Size of this preview:
510 × 600 pixels
.
Other resolutions:
204 × 240 pixels
|
408 × 480 pixels
|
653 × 768 pixels
|
871 × 1,024 pixels
|
1,741 × 2,048 pixels
|
4,375 × 5,146 pixels
.
Summary
| Description |
English:
Counterfeit 500 escudo note (upper) and a genuine one (lower) of Banco de Portugal. Both carry serial number 1K 02201, 1922. On display at the British Museum in London. In 1924, the Portuguese criminal Alves dos Reis (1898-1955) forged a contract convincing a printer firm to print Banco de Portugal banknotes. These forgeries, made using the same original printing plates, are exact copies and, therefore, indistinguishable from genuine notes.
|
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) |
Licensing
|
This file, either completely or in part, depicts a unit of currency . Its use may be subject to criminal counterfeiting law or other legal provisions outside of copyright law . Before you use this file, you have to ensure that such use is fully compliant with such laws. See our general disclaimer . |
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
license.
-
You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
-
Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.