| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1986-1988 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Cruzados (500 BRC) |
| Currency | Cruzado (1986-1989) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 154 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil |
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| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 15 January 1989 |
| Reference(s) | P#212 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on a piano keyboard, with the left representing a Victoria amazonica in bloom. In the background an excerpt from the score of the work `Uirapuru`. The set of images is flanked by the phrase `Considero minhas obras como cartas que escrevi à posteridade sem esperar resposta` (I consider my works as letters that I wrote to posterity without waiting for a response), given by the maestro, repeatedly written in two overlapping lines, each for a line on each side. |
| Reverse description | In the background, an engraving based on the work of Johann Moritz Rugendas, representing a primitive Brazilian forest on the bank of a river, where a canoe appears carrying people. The set of images is flanked by the phrase `Considero minhas obras como cartas que escrevi à posteridade sem esperar resposta` (`I consider my works as letters that I wrote to posterity without waiting for a response`), given by the conductor, repeatedly written in two overlapping lines, each for a line on each side. |
| Signature(s) | Dilson Domingos Funaro, Fernío Carlos Botelho Bracher, Francisco Roberto André Gros, Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Fernando Milliet de Oliveira, Maílson Ferreira da Nóbrega, Elmo de Araújo Camíµes, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of the Heitor Villa Lobos |
| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 500
CONSIDERO MINHAS OBRAS COMO CARTAS QUE ESCREVI À POSTERIDADE SEM
ESPERAR RESPOSTA
PRESIDENTE DO
CONSELHO MONETÁRIO NACIONAL
PRESIDENTE DO
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL
DEUS SEJA LOUVADO
VILLA LOBOS
500
QUINHENTOS
CRUZADOS
CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL (Translation: Central Bank of Brazil 500 `I consider my works as letters I written to posterity without waiting for an answer` President of the National Monetary Council President of the Central Bank of Brazil Brazilian Mint God be praised Villa Lobos 500 Five Hundred Cruzados) |
| Reverse lettering | CONSIDERO MINHAS OBRAS COMO CARTAS QUE
ESCREVI À POSTERIDADE SEM ESPERAR RESPOSTA
500
500 QUINHENTOS CRUZADOS (Translation: `I consider my works as letters I written to posterity without waiting for an answer` 500 Five Hundred cruzados) |
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| Catalog ID | 9001730660 |
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