1 Conto de Réis Caixa de Conversão, 1st. Print

€363,458.00
IssuerBrazil
Year1911
TypeStandard banknote
Value1 000 000 Réis (Um Conto de Réis) (1 000 000)
CurrencyReal (1799-1942)
CompositionPaper
Size195 × 120 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterRoyal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)
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In circulation to1931
Reference(s) P#100
Obverse descriptionSepia color, in calcography and lithography. On the right, oval medallion with portrait of Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847-1909), 6th President of Brazil (1906-1909); on the center, bottom, framed landscape of the Botafogo cove, in Rio de Janeiro; on the upper center, watermark of Arms of Republic; on the left, figure of standing Mercury, allegory of Commerce.
Reverse descriptionSepia on green, in calchography. In the center, figure of Conversion Fund building.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionArms of Republic
Obverse letteringREPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL UM CONTO DE RÉIS A CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO Pagará ao Portador á vista, no Rio de Janeiro a importância deste bilhete em ouro amoedado ao cambio em quinze dinheiros por Mil Réis, valor recebido nos termos da lei n. 1575 de 6 de Dezembro de 1906. 1.000$000 Joh Enschede en Zonen, Holanda `SEM VALOR`
(Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil Thousand of Thousand Mil Reis The Conversion Fund will pay the bearer in cash, in Rio de Janeiro, the amount of this gold-plated ticket in exchange for fifteen money per Mil Reis amount received under the terms of law no. 1575 of December 6, 1906. Joh Enschede en Zonen, Netherlands “No value”)
Reverse letteringOURO OURO OURO OURO
(Translation: Gold Gold)
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Catalog ID6281841280
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