Sepia on polychrome, in calchography and offset. In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of José Maria da Silva Paranhos (Barão do Rio Branco), flanked by the numerals 5.
Reverse description
Sepia in calchography. In the center, the pictorial representation of the Conquista do Amazonas, painting by Antonio Parreiras.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
CINCO CRUZEIROS
5 NO TESOURO NACIONAL 5
BARÃO DO RIO BRANCO
VALOR RECEBIDO
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: 5 5 Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the carrier of this amount of Five Cruzeiros in the National Treasury 5 5 Baron of Rio Branco Amount Received Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.)
Reverse lettering
5 REPÚBLICA DOS 5
CONQUISTA DO AMAZONAS
5 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL 5
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: 5 5 Republic of United States of Brazil Conquest of the Amazons 5 5 Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.)