500 Cruzeiros 1st edition; 2nd print

Features

Issuer	Brazil
Period	Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type	Standard banknote
Years	1955-1960
Value	500 Cruzeiros (500.00 BRZ)
Currency	Cruzeiro (1942-1967)
Composition	Paper
Size	157 × 67 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	12 February 1967
Number	N# 217636 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# 164 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. And 2 more volumes.

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 left, signature of the Director of the Amortization Fund and on the right, the Ministry of Finance.

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
NO TESOURO NACIONAL
500 500
QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS
DIRETOR
CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
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
Director of the Amortization Fund
Finance Minister
D.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.

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.

Signatures

Claudionor de Souza Lemos (CSL)	Director of the Amortization Fund
Eugênio Gudin Filho (EGF)	Finance Minister
José Maria Whitaker (JMW)	Finance Minister
Lucas Lopes (LL)	Finance Minister
Carlos Augusto Carrilho (CAC)	Director of the Amortization Fund
Sebastião Paes de Almeida (SPA)	Finance Minister

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

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

Legislation
Decree law 9443 of July 11, 1946

See also

• Allegory
• Painting
• Monarch
• Mythology
• Boats and ships

• 500 Cruzeiros (overprint on 500 Mil Réis i.e. P# 92)
• 500 Cruzeiros (1st edition; 1st print; Autographed)
• 500 Cruzeiros (1st edition; 2nd print; Autographed)
• 500 Cruzeiros (1 edition; 1st print; Valor Recebido)
• 500 Cruzeiros (1st edition; 1st print; Valor Legal)

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