| Issuer | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Year | 1979-1980 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
| Value | 500 Cruzeiros (500 BRB) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro novo (1967-1986) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 171 × 79 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil |
| Designer(s) | Aloísio Sérgio Barbosa de Magalhães |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 27 February 1986 |
| Reference(s) | P#196A |
| Obverse description | Sequence of stylized faces symbolizing the ethnic formation of the Brazilian people. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 500 500 QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS PRESIDENTE CONSELHO MONETÁRIO PRESIDENTE BANCO CENTRAL (Translation: Central Bank of Brazil 500 Five Hundred Cruzeiros President Monetary Council President Central Bank) |
| Reverse description | Sequence of maps of the Brazilian territory in different phases (discovery, trade, colonization, independence and integration). |
| Reverse lettering | 500 BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 500 QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS Capitania de João de Barros Capitania de Francisco Barreto Capitania de Jorge Dalbuquerge DE SVA MAGESTADE Capitania de Francisco Giraldes Capitania do Duque Daveiro Capitania de Vasco fez Coutinho Capitania de Pero de Goes 500 INTEGRAÇÃO/INDEPENDÊNCIA/COLONIZAÇÃO/COMÉRCIO/DESCOBRIMENTO CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL (Translation: 500 Central Bank of Brazil Five Hundred Cruzeiros Captaincy de João de Barros Captaincy of Francisco Barreto Captaincy of Jorge Dalbuquerge from Sva Magestade Captaincy of Francisco Giraldes Captaincy of Duke Daveiro Captaincy of Vasco Fez Coutinho Captaincy of Pero de Goes 500 Integration / Independence / Colonization / Trade / Discovery Brazilian Mint) |
| Signature(s) | Mário Henrique Simonsen, Paulo Hortênsio Pereira Lira, Karlos Heinz Rischbieter, Ernane Galvêas, Ernane Galvêas, Carlos Geraldo Langoni, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | The dates of 1972 and 1822 overlap. |
| Variants | |
| Numisquare ID | 8097153560 |
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