According to a press release, on 15 April 2025 the Banco de Cabo Verde introduced new 1,000- and 2,000-escudo notes. This 2,000-escudo note is like the preceding issue (B220), but with a lightend photo of her as a young woman on front, and a vertical line of MORNA2000 microtext added to the right of the vignette on back.
B225 (PNL): 2,000 escudos (US$22)
Peach, light blue, brownish-red, and green. Front: Portuguese text; two footprints as registration device; musical notes on staff; photo of singer Cesária Évora as a young woman; Cesária Évora as an older woman; embossed turtle. Back: Portuguese text; violin; sun over ocean; two footprints as registration device. Holographic stripe with demetalized microphone and musical notes. 4-mm windowed security thread with demetalized BCV 2000 and microphone. Watermark: Cesária Évora with electrotype microphone, and Cornerstones. Printer: (De La Rue). 142 x 71 mm. Paper.
a. 27 de Agosto de 2024. Sig. 10: Lopes/Santos. Prefix GX. Intro: 15.04.2025.
Courtesy of Moustafa “Sam” Assad (www.4TopNotes.com).