| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Réis |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 165 × 75 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| In circulation to | 1910 |
| Reference(s) | P#A242 |
| Obverse description | Black on orange in calcography and lithography. On the left, Weapons of the Empire. In the center, bust of Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Bragança and Bourbon, Dom Pedro II (1825-1891), 2nd emperor of Brazil (1831-1889). On the right, a female figure. |
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| Obverse lettering | American Bank Note Co. New York QUINHENTOS 500 500 QUINHENTOS IMPERIO DO BRASIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL se pagará ao portador desta a quantia de QUINHENTOS REIS valor recebido QUINHENTOS 500 500 QUINHENTOS (Translation: American Bank Note Co. New York Five Hundred 500 500 Five Hundred Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury The holder will be paid the amount of Five Hundred Réis Amount Received Five Hundred 500 500 Five Hundred) |
| Reverse description | Magenta, in chalcography. Design and frame in Marajoara style, with a coat of arms in the center with the inscription `IMPERIO / DO BRASIL`, sending the Arabic numeral `500` on the left and right sides. |
| Reverse lettering | IMPERIO DO BRASIL 500 500 AMERICAN NOTE BANK CO. NEW YORK. (Translation: Empire of Brazil American Note Bank Co. New York.) |
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| Numisquare ID | 4800828800 |
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