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| Issuer | Caixa de Conversão (Conversion Fund), Brazil |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Réis (Um Conto de Réis) (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in sepia by intaglio and lithography. At left, a standing figure of Mercury serves as an allegory of Commerce; at right, an oval medallion vignette bears the portrait of Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847–1909), 6th President of Brazil (1906–1909); at center bottom, a framed vignette of the Botafogo cove in Rio de Janeiro. The Arms of the Republic appear as a central watermark in the upper portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA 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 One Thousand Mil Reis The Conversion Fund will pay the bearer on demand, in Rio de Janeiro, the amount of this note in coined gold at the exchange rate of fifteen pence per Mil Reis, amount received under the terms of Law No. 1575 of December 6, 1906. Joh Enschede en Zonen, Netherlands "No Value") |
| Reverse description | Printed in sepia on a green underprint by intaglio. The central vignette presents a frontal view of the Conversion Fund (Caixa de Conversão) building, framed within an ornamental border. |
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