| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1955-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation 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. |
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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 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. |
| 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.) |
| 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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| Numisquare ID | 6165544040 |
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