500 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, Provisional Issue

Issuer Brazil
Year 1907
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 500 000 Réis (500 000)
Currency Real (1799-1942)
Composition Paper
Size 209 × 110 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Georges Duval
Engraver(s) Émile Crosbie
In circulation to 1931
Reference(s) P#102F
Obverse description Dark 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.
Obverse lettering 500 500 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 description Red 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.
Reverse lettering 500 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)
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Arms of the Republic and woman`s effigy.
Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 6482727020
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