| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Réis |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 145 × 65 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| In circulation to | 1 January 1910 |
| Reference(s) | P#2 |
| Obverse description | Violet on ochre, in calchography and lithography. Image of Republic on left, country and issuer names on top, face value in numbers on all four corners, and in letters and in numbers at center. Imagen de la República a la izquierda, nombres del país y del emisor arriba, valor facial en números en las cuatro esquinas, y en letras y en números al centro. |
| Reverse description | Blue, in calchography. Brazilian coat of arms at center, face value in numbers on all four corners, in letters on both sides of arms, as curved legend. Escudo de armas de Brasil al centro, valor facial en números en las cuatro esquinas, en letras a los lados del escudo, como leyendas curvadas. |
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| Obverse lettering | República dos Estados Unidos do
BRAZIL
No Thesouro Nacional
se pagará ao portador desta a quantia de
QUINHENTOS REIS
VALOR RECEBIDO
500 (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil At the National Treasury The bearer of this will be paid the amount of Five hundred Reis Received value 500 República de los Estados Unidos de Brasil En el Tesoro Nacional El portador de éste será pagado la cantidad de Quinientos Reis Valor recibido 500) |
| Reverse lettering | QUINHENTOS REIS QUINHENTOS REIS
República dos Estados Unidos do Brazil 15 de Novembro de
1889 (Translation: Five hundred Reis Five hundred Reis (in arms): Republic of United States of Brazil November 15th., 1889 Quinientos Reis Quinientos Reis (En el escudo): República de los Estados Unidos de Brasil 15 de noviembre de 1889) |
| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Catalog ID | 3995133070 |
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