| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Cruzeiros (500 BRZ) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro (1942-1967) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 157 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| In circulation to | 12 February 1967 |
| Reference(s) | P#155 |
| Obverse description | Blue on polychrome, in calcography and offset. In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael (Dom João VI), flanked by the numerals 500. |
| Reverse description | Lead gray, in calcography. In the center, the allegorical and pictorial representation of the `Abertura dos Portos` (Opening of the Ports), Cadmo Fausto de Souza. |
| Signature(s) | Claudionor de Souza Lemos, Horácio Lafer, |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
NO TESOURO NACIONAL
500 500
QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS
DIRETOR
CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
D.JOÃO VI
VALOR RECEBIDO
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the carrier of this amount of one hundred Cruzeiros in the National Treasury 500 500 Five Hundred Cruzeiros Director of the Amortization Fund Finance Minister D.João VI Amount Received American Bank Note Company.) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500
REPÚBLICA DOS
ABERTURA DOS PORTOS
500 500
ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil Opening of Ports American Bank Note Company.) |
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| Catalog ID | 5597816770 |
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