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500 Mil Réis Caixa de Conversão, Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Caixa de Conversão do Brasil |
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| Year | 1907 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark red on ochre underprint, lithographed, constituting a provisional overprint on the 8th print of the Thesouro Nacional issue (P#85); the overprint reads 'NA CAIXA DE CONVERSÃO (...) OURO - DE ACORDO COM A LEI Nº 1.575 - 6 DEZ 1906' in black. Allegorical vignettes of women and children representing Commerce and Agriculture appear to the left and right, flanking central blank panels bearing watermarks of 'QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS' and a woman's head. Print, series, and order numbers are rendered in black letterpress. |
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| 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. Emile Crosbie Sc.) |
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