500 Réis Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print
Features
| Country | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Emperor | Peter II (1831-1889) |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Years | 1878-1885 |
| Value | 500 Réis (0.500) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 151 × 71 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 1910 |
| References |
P#
A243,
Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves, Julio Ernesto Schütz; 2019. Cédulas do Brasil 1833 até 2019 (8th edition). Art Graph, Sao Paulo, Brasil. ISBN 9788562882302.
|
Obverse
Black on magenta in calcography and lithography.
In the center, an oval medallion with the effigy 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.
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
Magenta in calcography .
About drawings with motifs Marajoaras, IMPERIO DO BRASIL badge, flanked by the Arabic number "500".
Lettering:
IMPERIO
DO BRASIL
500 500
Translation: Empire of Brazil
Comments
Specimen (what is?)
Specimen note sample
Themes of this banknote
(1) 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).
Dom Pedro II, emperor of Brazil.
(2) 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.
(3) Example of Marajoara drawings.
Notes
To know more... Second Empire of Brazil and Réis (Rs)
Legislation
Law of June 1, 1833 and Law of August 25, 1873.
Printer
American Bank Note Company
See also
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND (1878) | 6,000,000 | P# A243a; AI# R009a; Series #1 - 60; Letters A, B, C, D, E and F | |||||||||||
| ND (1885) | P# A243b; AI# R009b; Series #61 - 80; Letters A, B, C, D, E and F | ||||||||||||
| ND (1885) | P# A243s; AI# R009s; Specimen | ||||||||||||
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