| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1893 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | 500 000 Réis (500 000) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 215 × 110 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| In circulation to | 1895 |
| Reference(s) | P#S680 |
| Obverse description | Black on polychrome, in lithography. On the right, figures of a lighthouse, anchor, globe and coat of arms of the Republic; in the center, figure of an eagle with open wings, with Neptune and Minerva (allegories of Justice and Navigation). Print and series numbers in black; `AMOSTRA` in red. |
| Reverse description | Black and pink, in lithography. In the center, panel with view of the harbor in the port of Rio de Janeiro, in the Botafogo cove, where the Sugarloaf Mountain can be seen in the background. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Effigy of Woman `Marianne` |
| Obverse lettering | 500
BANCO DA REPUBLICA DO BRAZIL
RIO DE JANEIRO
NA THESOURARIA DO BANCO SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR
`AMOSTRA`
EM MOEDA DE OURO E A VISTA, A QUANTIA DE
QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS
NOS TERMOS DO DECRETO NUMERO 183-C DE 23 DE SETEMBRO DE 1893.
500
O THESOUREIRO DA CAIXA DA AMORTIZAÇÃO
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT
`AMOSTRA` (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Brazil Rio de Janeiro In The Bank`s Treasury will be paid to the carrier in gold coin and sight, the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Reis Under the terms of Decree Number 183-C of September 23, 1893. The Treasurer of the Amortization Fund Giesecke & Devrient Punch rolled `AMOSTRA`) |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DA REPÚBLICA DO BRAZIL
500 500
QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS
`AMOSTRA` (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Brazil Five Thousand Reis Punch rolled `AMOSTRA`) |
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| Catalog ID | 8786160550 |
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