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| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional do Brazil |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Reference(s) | P#84 |
| Obverse description | Printed in violet on ochre underprint, in intaglio and lithography. An allegorical female figure representing Liberty occupies the left vignette, while a bust of Marianne — symbol of the Republic — appears at right. The note is issued without stamps or serial numbers; the order number is printed in red. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue by intaglio. The Brazilian Republican Coat of Arms is centrally placed within an elaborate circular guilloche panel, flanked symmetrically on each side by a small cameo portrait of a female allegorical head and dense lathe-work scrollwork; the denomination "QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS" appears in two vertical panels left and right, with the value numeral 500 repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL - 15 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1889 QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. GRAVADORES, LONDRES (Translation: United States of Brazil - November 15, 1889 Five Hundred Thousand Reis Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Engravers, London) |
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