500 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, 1st. Print

Issuer Brazil
Year 1909
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 500 000 Réis (500 000)
Currency Real (1799-1942)
Composition Paper
Size 193 × 116 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 1931
Reference(s) P#99
Obverse description Green 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.
Obverse lettering REPÚBLICA 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 description Sepia on green, in calchography. In the center, figure of Conversion Fund building.
Reverse lettering OURO OURO OURO OURO
(Translation: Gold Gold)
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Arms of Republic
Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 9085843110
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