500 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, 1st. Print

€363,457.00
IssuerBrazil
Year1909
TypeStandard banknote
Value500 000 Réis (500 000)
CurrencyReal (1799-1942)
CompositionPaper
Size193 × 116 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterRoyal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)
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In circulation to1931
Reference(s) P#99
Obverse descriptionGreen color, in calcography and lithography. On the right, oval medallion with portrait of Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1847-1909), 6th President of Brazil (1906-1909); on the center, bottom, framed landscape of the Botafogo cove, in Rio de Janeiro; on the upper center, watermark of Arms of Republic; on the left, figure of standing man, allegory of Industry.
Reverse descriptionSepia on green, in calchography. In the center, figure of Conversion Fund building.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionArms of Republic
Obverse letteringREPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS A CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO Pagará ao Portador á vista, no Rio de Janeiro a importância deste bilhete em ouro amoedado ao cambio em quinze dinheiros por Mil Réis, valor recebido nos termos da lei n. 1575 de 6 de Dezembro de 1906. 500$000 Joh Enschede en Zonen, Holanda
(Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil Five Thousand Mil Reis The Conversion Fund will pay the bearer in cash, in Rio de Janeiro, the amount of this gold-plated ticket in exchange for fifteen money per Mil Reis amount received under the terms of law no. 1575 of December 6, 1906. Joh Enschede en Zonen, Netherlands)
Reverse letteringOURO OURO OURO OURO
(Translation: Gold Gold)
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Catalog ID9085843110
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