Portugal 2 Escudos 50 Centavos banknote 1920 Banco De Portugal
Obverse: Portrait Dom Nuno Alvares Pereira at right, Coat of arms of Portugal top centre.
Reverse: Woman with globe at left, value at centre.
Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Ltd, England (without imprint).
Old Portuguese Escudo banknotes
1920-1928 "Chapa A, 1 & 2" Issue
2,5 Escudos 10 Escudos 20 Escudos 50 Escudos
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira (June 24, 1360 – April 1, 1431), also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic, was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918 and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable (Portuguese: Santo Condestável) or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (Portuguese: São Nuno de Santa Maria).