Obverse

Dark blue print on multicoloured tan and cyan underprint.
Drawing depicting the poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935).
Portuguese Coat of Arms at upper left.
Ch. 9

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE PORTUGAL
100
CEM ESCUDOS
Ch.9
LISBOA, 24 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1988
FERNANDO PESSOA

Translation:
Bank of Portugal
100
One Hundred Escudos
Ch.9
Lisbon, November 24, 1988
Fernando Pessao

Reverse

Dark blue and red print on multicoloured tan and cyan underprint.
A rose and a tangle of ribbons with the writer's heteronyms:
- Bernardo Soares
- Álvaro de Campos
- Alberto Caeiro
- Ricardo Reis

Script: Latin

Lettering:
100
BANCO DE PORTUGAL

A. CAEIRO
CHEV. DE PAS
R. REIS
A. DE CAMPOS
B.SOARES

CEM ESCUDOS
100

Translation:
100
Bank of Portugal
One Hundred Escudos
100

Watermark

Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa