500 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional; 1st print

Features

Obverse

Black on white, in calcography.
On the left, Weapons of the Empire.
In the center, view of the Baia da Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, in the first half of the 19th century.
On the right, reference to the decree of June 1, 1833.

Lettering:
500 QUINHENTOS * QUINHENTOS 500
IMPERIO DO BRASIL
Nº ____ 500$000
NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ
ao portador desta a quantia de
QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS, valor recebido.
500
Decreto
de 1º de Junho
de 1833.
500 QUINHENTOS * QUINHENTOS 500

Translation:
500 Five Hundred
Empire of Brazil
No. ____ 500$000
At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Réis, amount received.
500
Decree of June 1, 1833.
500 Five Hundred

Engraver: Jacob Perkins

Reverse

Blank, without printing.

Comments

Specimen (what is?)
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Specimen note sample

Themes of this banknote
      
(1) Print of Rio de Janeiro seen from Ilha das Cobras, supposedly based on an image from the similar period, namely, "Baia de Guanabara vista da Ilha das Cobras" (Guanabara Bay seen from Cobras Island) by Felix Émile Taunay (1795-1881), from around 1828.

       
(2) Coat of Arms of the Empire of Brazil (left) and Reference to the Decree of June 1, 1833 (right).

Notes
Without print and numbered by hand.


Example of banknote (200$000) with two cuts (left and right).
In July 1836, banknotes of 50, 100, 200 and 500 mil-réis were stolen. As the Law stipulated, the Treasury had to replace them with new types, a fact that did not happen, due to the fact that they had not been prepared. Thus, it was decided to cut the right margin (opposite to the one attached to the bead) for later comparison, as was done with the other margin. After the theft of the Treasury, the service of issuing and collecting banknotes began to be carried out by Caixa de Amortização (Amortization Fund).


Example of a security sticker whose cut must coincide with the corresponding cut on the bead from which it was detached.


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

Legislation

Decree of June 1, 1833

Printer
Perkins, Bacon & Petch

See also

• Coat of Arms
• Mountain
• Sea

• 1 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 2 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 5 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 10 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 20 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 50 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 100 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)
• 200 Mil Réis (Thesouro Nacional; 1st print)

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