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500 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print

Issuer Tesouro Nacional do Brasil
Year 1955-1960
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Size 157 × 67 mm
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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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Signature(s) Series 121-420 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and Eugênio Gudin
Series 421-720 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and José Maria Whitaker
Series 721-770 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and Lucas Lopes
Series 771-1300 - Carlos Augusto Carrilho and Sebastião Paes de Almeida
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