500 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; Autographed

500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; Autographed) - obverse500 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; Autographed) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Brazil
Issuing entity National Treasury (Thesouro Nacional)
Period Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1948
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#
217625
References P# 148,
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# C099,
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# 544.01
Rodrigo Maldonado, Fernando Antunes; 2022. Papel Moeda Livro Completo (3a edição). Bentes edizioni numismatiche.

Series: Cruzeiro (Thesouro Nacional - 2nd print)

Obverse

Green-gray on polychromy, in calcography and offset.
In the center, an oval medallion with the figure of João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael (Dom João VI).
Above, the label "REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL", surmounting the words "SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE".
Below, the inscription "QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS VALOR RECEBIDO".
On the whole note, anonymous autograph.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
NO TESOURO NACIONAL
500 500
QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS
DOM JOÃO VI
VALOR RECEBIDO
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON.

Translation:
Republic of United States of Brazil
will be paid to the carrier of this amount of one hundred Cruzeiros
in the National Treasury
500 500
Five Hundred Cruzeiros
Dom João VI
Amount Received
Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.

Reverse

Green-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
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON.

Translation:
Republic of United States of Brazil
Opening of Ports
Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

Specimen
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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

Notes
These notes did not carry the signatures of the Minister of Finance and the director of the Amortization Fund, were signed. The autograph was a signature or visa from an employee of the person responsible for checking that the notes were free of printing errors and also for assigning a different pattern to the notes, since there are no two completely identical signatures.


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

Legislation
Decree law 9443 of July 11, 1946

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1948)  12 000 000 $ 98 100% P# 148; AI# C099; PMLC# 544.01; Series: #1 - 120; handwritten signature
ND (1948)  0% P# 148s; AI# C099m; PMLC# 544.02 - Specimen (Modelo); handwritten signature

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