| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Cruzeiros Reais (500 BRR) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro real (1993-1994) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 65 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 30 June 1994 |
| Reference(s) | P#239 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Mário Raul de Morais Andrade (1893-1945), with the left, drawing inspired by his own photograph, entitled Sombra Minha (My Shadow). Accompanied by the last verse of the well-known poem `Eu sou trezentos...` (I am three hundred ...). Rounded stamp of `500 Cruzeiros Reais` in P#236. |
| Reverse description | Scene representing Mário de Andrade talking to children, flanked by the Martilnelli building and other buildings that symbolize the dizzying growth of the city of São Paulo at the time of the writer. |
| Signature(s) | Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Paulo César Ximenes Alves Ferreira, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Effigy of the Republic |
| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 500 000
CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL
500 CRUZEIROS REAIS
E ENTÃO MINHA ALMA SERVIRÁ DE ABRIGO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
PRESIDENTE DO
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
DEUS SEJA LOUVADO
MÁRIO DE ANDRADE
500 000 QUINHENTOS
MIL CRUZEIROS (Translation: Central Bank of Brazil 500 000 Brazilian Mint 500 Cruzeiros Reais and Then My Soul Will Be a Shelter Finance Minister President of Central Bank of Brazil God be praised Mário de Andrade Five Hundred Thousand Cruzeiros) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 000
QUINHENTOS MIL CRUZEIROS (Translation: 500 000 Five Hundred Thousand Cruzeiros) |
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| Catalog ID | 5495233490 |
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