| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1880-1885 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Réis |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 151 × 71 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#A243 |
| Obverse description | Black on magenta in calcography and lithography. In the center, an oval medallion with 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), flanked by two female figures, seated, allegories of industry (left), with their right hand perched on the Coat of Arms of the Empire and having in the background mountain, and steam train in motion, and commerce (right), holding in their right hand a caduceus and with a sailboat in the sea in the background. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 500 500 IMPERIO DO BRASIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE QUINHENTOS REIS 500 500 (Translation: Empire of Brazil at the National Treasury the holder will be paid the amount of Five Hundred Réis) |
| Reverse description | Magenta in calcography . About drawings with motifs Marajoaras, IMPERIO DO BRASIL badge, flanked by the Arabic number `500`. |
| Reverse lettering | IMPERIO DO BRASIL 500 500 (Translation: Empire of Brazil) |
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| Numisquare ID | 3363692710 |
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