| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | 500 000 Réis (500 000) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 190 × 95 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 | 1903 |
| Reference(s) | P#S555 |
| Obverse description | Black on yellow and havana, in calchography and lithography. On the left, semicircular frame with the figure of a young woman reading a book where she supports her right hand, with a pen in her left hand; above and on the right, face of a girl with curly hair, wearing a `belle-époque` style hat. Print and series number in black. Order number in red. Perforated |
| Reverse description | Cobalt blue, in calchography. Marajoara`s background. At left, seated woman. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500
BANCO DE CRÉDITO POPULAR DO BRAZIL
RIO DE JANEIRO
NA THESOURARIA DO BANCO SE PAGARÁ
AO PORTADOR A QUANTIA DE
QUINHENTOS MIL REIS
EM OURO E À VISTA NOS TERMOS DO
DECRETO NÚMERO 253 DE 8 DE MARÇO DE 1890, ART 1º & 2º
500
AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK (Translation: Popular Credit Bank of Brazil Rio de Janeiro In the bank`s treasury the amount will be paid Five Hundred Thousand Reis in gold and in sight in accordance with the Decree number 253 of March 8, 1890, Art 1 and 2 American Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE CRÉDITO POPULAR DO BRAZIL
500
DECRETO Nº 1036-B DE 14 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1890.
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: Popular Credit Bank of Brazil Decree no. 1036-B of November 14, 1890. American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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| Catalog ID | 9173469190 |
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