500 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, Provisional Issue

€363,482.00
IssuerBrazil
Year1907
TypeStandard banknote
Value500 000 Réis (500 000)
CurrencyReal (1799-1942)
CompositionPaper
Size209 × 110 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Georges Duval
Engraver(s)Émile Crosbie
In circulation to1931
Reference(s) P#102F
Obverse descriptionDark red on ochre, in lithography (overprinted on 8th print of Thesouro Nacional - P#85 `NA CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO (...) OURO - DE ACORDO COM A LEI Nº 1.575 - 6 DEZ 1906`). To the right and left, figures of women and children (Allegory of Commerce and Agriculture); in the center, blank spaces with watermarks - `QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS` and `women`s head`. Print, series and order numbers in black.
Reverse descriptionRed on ochre, in lithography. To the right and left, circular medallions containing watermarks of the Coat of Arms of the Republic and the effigy of a woman.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionArms of the Republic and woman`s effigy.
Obverse lettering500 500 REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL NA CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO EM OURO DE ACORDO COM A LEI Nº 1575 DE 6 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1906 GEORGES DUVAL INV. ET DEL. EMILE CROSBIE SC. RESGATADA
(Translation: Five Hundred Thousand Reis Republic of the United States of Brazil in the Conversion Fund the holder will be paid the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Réis Amount Received in gold according to Law No. 1575 of 6 December 1906 Georges Duval Inv. Et Del. Jules Guyot Sculp)
Reverse lettering500 MIL RÉIS 500 MIL RÉIS REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS GEORGES DUVAL INV. ET DEL. EMILE CROSBIE SC.
(Translation: Five Hundred Thousand Réis Republic of the United States of Brazil Georges Duval Inv. Et Del. Jules Guyot Sculp)
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Catalog ID6482727020
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