| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation 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#140 |
| 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. |
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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 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 D.João VI Amount Received American Bank Note Company.) |
| 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. |
| 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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| Numisquare ID | 8488375100 |
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