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500 Cruzeiros 2 Edition, 1st Type, Stamp B
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1979-1980 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a sequence of historical maps of Brazilian territory illustrating successive phases of national development: Descobrimento, Comércio, Colonização, Independência, and Integração. Each map panel is rendered in an engraved cartographic style, and the names of the original captaincies are inscribed alongside their respective territorial divisions, referencing the colonial administrative partitioning of Brazil. |
| 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 of João de Barros Captaincy of Francisco Barreto Captaincy of Jorge Dalbuquerque from His Majesty Captaincy of Francisco Giraldes Captaincy of the Duke of Aveiro Captaincy of Vasco Fernandes Coutinho Captaincy of Pero de Góis 500 Integration / Independence / Colonization / Trade / Discovery Brazilian Mint) |
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| Protection description | Overlapping dates of 1822 and 1972, referencing Brazilian Independence and the sesquicentennial commemorative year. |
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