500 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional; 1st print; "Valor Legal"

500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print; "Valor Legal") - obverse500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print; "Valor Legal") - reverse

© Wilson Roberto Vasques Nunes

Features

Issuer Brazil
Issuing entity National Treasury (Thesouro Nacional)
Period Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1961-1962
Value 500 Cruzeiros (500 BRZ)
Currency Cruzeiro (1942-1967)
Composition Paper
Size 157 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Offset
Demonetized 12 February 1967
Number
N#
204475
References P# 172,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
AI Notes# C046,
Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves, Julio Ernesto Schütz; 2022. Cédulas do Brasil 1833 até 2022 (9th edition). Art Graph, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
AI Notes# C047,
Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves, Julio Ernesto Schütz; 2022. Cédulas do Brasil 1833 até 2022 (9th edition). Art Graph, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
PMLC# 533
Rodrigo Maldonado, Fernando Antunes; 2022. Papel Moeda Livro Completo (3a edição). Bentes edizioni numismatiche.

Series: Thesouro Nacional - 1st print

Obverse

Blue on polychrome, in calcography and offset.
In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael (Dom João VI), flanked by the numerals 500.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
TESOURO NACIONAL
500 500
QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS
DIRETOR
CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
D.JOÃO VI
VALOR LEGAL
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Translation:
Republic of United States of Brazil
will be paid to the carrier of this amount of
National Treasury
500 500
Five Hundred Cruzeiros
Director of the Amortization Fund
Finance Minister
D.João VI
Legal Amount
American Bank Note Company.

Reverse

Lead gray, in calcography.
In the center, the allegorical and pictorial representation of the "Abertura dos Portos" (Opening of the Ports), Cadmo Fausto de Souza.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 500
REPÚBLICA DOS
ABERTURA DOS PORTOS
500 500
ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Translation:
Republic of United States of Brazil
Opening of Ports
American Bank Note Company.

Signatures

Carlos Augusto Carrilho (CAC) Director of the Amortization Fund
Clemente Mariani Bittencourt (CMB) Finance Minister
Reginaldo Fernandes Nunes (RFN) Director of the Amortization Fund
Walther Moreira Salles (WMS) Finance Minister

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)

Comments

Specimen

Specimen note sample

Themes of this banknote
 
(1) Dom João VI (~1809), by Francesco Bartolozzi about the work of Domenico Pellegrini Domenico Pellegrini
 
 
(2) Allegory of the "Abertura dos Portos" (Opening of Ports) by Cadmo Fausto de Sousa

 
(3) Detail of "Valor Legal" (Legal Amount)

Notes

more... Federative Republic of Brazil and Cruzeiro (Cr$)

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1961)  CAC, CMB 40 000 000 42% P# 172a; AI# C046; PMLC# 533.05 - Series: #261 - 660
ND (1961)  CAC, CMB 0% P# 172as; AI# C046s; PMLC# 533.06 - Specimen
ND (1962)  RFN, WMS 80 000 000 $ 9.90 71% P# 172b; AI# C047; PMLC# 533.07 - Series: #661 - 1460
ND (1962)  RFN, WMS 0% P# 172bs; AI# C047s; PMLC# 533.08 - Specimen

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print; "Valor Legal")Picture 1 of a sold 500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print; "Valor Legal")
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 968
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 63.73
(EUR 59.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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