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50 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, 1st. Print
| Issuer | Caixa de Conversão do Brasil |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Reference(s) | P#96 |
| Obverse description | Printed in sepia on ochre underprint, combining intaglio (calcography) and lithographic techniques. To the left, an oval medallion vignette carries the portrait of Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847–1909), sixth President of Brazil (1906–1909); to the right appear a vignette of the Conversion Fund building and the Arms of the Republic. Inscriptions include the issuer title, denomination in words and numerals, the statutory payment clause citing Law No. 1575 of 6 December 1906, and the printer's imprint of Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in sepia on ochre underprint using intaglio technique. The central vignette presents three female allegorical figures representing the Arts, Agriculture, and Commerce. Denomination numerals and inscription panels frame the central composition, with the printer's imprint of Waterlow & Sons Ltd repeated at the base. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL A CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO 50 50 CINCOENTA CINCOENTA CINCOENTA MIL RÉIS Waterlow & Sons Ltd Londres, Inglaterra. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil The Conversion Fund Fifty Fifty Fifty Thousand Réis Waterlow & Sons Ltd London, England.) |
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