Portugal 100 escudos banknote 1987 in uncirculated condition. The obverse features portrait of Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa at centre-right. The reverse depicting a rosebud. Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa as watermark. Nogueira Pessoa (1888-1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.