| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1955-1960 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Cruzeiros (500 BRZ) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro (1942-1967) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 157 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom |
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| In circulation to | 12 February 1967 |
| Reference(s) | P#164 |
| Obverse description | Green-gray on polychromy, in calcography and offset. In the center, an oval medallion with the figure of João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael (Dom João VI). Above, the label `REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL`, surmounting the words `SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE`. Below, the inscription `QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS VALOR RECEBIDO`. On the left, signature of the Director of the Amortization Fund and on the right, the Ministry of Finance. |
| Reverse description | Green-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, Eugênio Gudin Filho, José Maria Whitaker, Lucas Lopes, Carlos Augusto Carrilho, Sebastiío Paes de Almeida, |
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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
DOM JOÃO VI
VALOR RECEBIDO
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (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 Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500
REPÚBLICA DOS
ABERTURA DOS PORTOS
500 500
ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil Opening of Ports Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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| Catalog ID | 6165544040 |
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