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| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional do Brasil |
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| Year | 1955-1960 |
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| Printer | Thomas de la Rue, London |
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| Obverse description | Green-grey intaglio and offset print on polychrome underprint, centred on an oval vignette with a portrait of Dom João VI (João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael). The upper border carries the legend "REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL" above the promise text "SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE", while the lower area bears the denomination inscription "QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS VALOR RECEBIDO". Signature titles of the Director of the Caixa de Amortização appear at lower left and the Minister of Finance at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Green-grey intaglio print centred on a large allegorical and pictorial vignette representing the "Abertura dos Portos" (Opening of the Ports), after the composition by Cadmo Fausto de Souza. The denomination numeral "500" appears in each corner, with the issuer title distributed across the upper border. |
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| Variants | P#164a - series 121-420 signatures: Claudionor de Souza Lemos & Eugênio Gudin P#164b - series 421-720 signatures: Claudionor de Souza Lemos & José Maria Whitaker P#164c - series 721-770 signatures: Claudionor de Souza Lemos & Lucas Lopes P#164d - series 771-1300 signatures: Carlos Augusto Carrilho & Sebastião Paes de Almeida |
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