500 Réis Thesouro Nacional, 1st print

Features

Issuer Brazil
Issuing entity National Treasury (Thesouro Nacional)
Emperor Peter II the Magnanimous (1831-1889)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1874
Value 500 Réis
Currency Real (1799-1942)
Composition Paper
Size 165 × 75 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Lithography
Demonetized 1910
Number
N#
221544
References P# A242,
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# R008,
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# 20
Rodrigo Maldonado, Fernando Antunes; 2022. Papel Moeda Livro Completo (3a edição). Bentes edizioni numismatiche.

Series: Thesouro Nacional - Império, 1st. Print

Obverse

Black on orange in calcography and lithography.
On the left, Weapons of the Empire.
In the center, bust 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).
On the right, a female figure.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
American Bank Note Co. New York
QUINHENTOS 500 500 QUINHENTOS
IMPERIO DO BRASIL
NO THESOURO NACIONAL
se pagará ao portador desta a quantia de
QUINHENTOS REIS
valor recebido
QUINHENTOS 500 500 QUINHENTOS

Translation:
American Bank Note Co. New York
Five Hundred 500 500 Five Hundred
Empire of Brazil
At the National Treasury
The holder will be paid the amount of
Five Hundred Réis
Amount Received
Five Hundred 500 500 Five Hundred

Reverse

Magenta, in chalcography.
Design and frame in Marajoara style, with a coat of arms in the center with the inscription "IMPERIO / DO BRASIL", sending the Arabic numeral "500" on the left and right sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IMPERIO
DO BRASIL
500 500
AMERICAN NOTE BANK CO. NEW YORK.

Translation:
Empire of Brazil
American Note Bank Co. New York.

Printer

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

Comments

Specimen (what is?)
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Specimen note sample (P# A242s.1)
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Specimen note sample (P# A242s.2)

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) Coat of Arms of the Empire of Brazil

 
(3) A female figure.

 
(4) Example of Marajoara drawings.

Notes

To know more... Second Empire of Brazil and Réis (Rs)

Legislation
Law of August 25, 1873.

Printer
American Bank Note Company

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1874)  6 000 000 100% P# A242; AI# R008; PMLC# 20.01 - Series #1 - 60; Autographed; Letters A, B, C, D, E and F
ND (1874)  0% P# A242s; AI# R008o; PMLC# 20.02 - Specimen (Amostra)
ND (1874)  0% P# A242s; AI# R008s; PMLC# 20.03 - Specimen

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