Violet on polychrome, in chalcography and offset. In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bourbon-Duas Sicílias e Bragança (Princesa Isabel), flanked by the numerals 50.
Reverse description
Violet in chalcography. In the center, the allegorical representation of the Aurea Law, a painting by Cadmo Fausto de Sousa.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
CINQÜENTA CRUZEIROS
50 NO TESOURO NACIONAL 50
PRINCESA ISABEL
VALOR RECEBIDO
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the carrier of this amount of twenty Cruzeiros in the National Treasury Princess Isabel Amount Received Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.)
Reverse lettering
50 REPÚBLICA DOS 50
LEI AUREA
50 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL 50
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil Aurea Law Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.)
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.