Banco da República do Brasil; 1st. Print
Information:
| Country | Brazil |
| Period | Real (1799-1942) |
| Currency | Mil Réis |
| Denomination | 500 Mil Réis |
| Type | Local banknotes |
| Issuing bank | Bank of the Republic of Brazil |
| Year | 1893 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | Yes on 15.01.1895 |
| Size (WxH) | 215x110 mm |
Obverse:
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Latin
Obverse text500
BANCO DA REPUBLICA DO BRAZIL
RIO DE JANEIRO
NA THESOURARIA DO BANCO SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR
"AMOSTRA"
EM MOEDA DE OURO E A VISTA, A QUANTIA DE
QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS
NOS TERMOS DO DECRETO NUMERO 183-C DE 23 DE SETEMBRO DE 1893.
500
O THESOUREIRO DA CAIXA DA AMORTIZAÇÃO
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT
"AMOSTRA"
Obverse symbolBlack on polychrome, in lithography.
On the right, figures of a lighthouse, anchor, globe and coat of arms of the Republic; in the center, figure of an eagle with open wings, with Neptune and Minerva (allegories of Justice and Navigation).
Print and series numbers in black; "AMOSTRA" in red.
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse textBANCO DA REPÚBLICA DO BRAZIL
500 500
QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS
"AMOSTRA"
Reverse symbolBlack and pink, in lithography.
In the center, panel with view of the harbor in the port of Rio de Janeiro, in the Botafogo cove, where the Sugarloaf Mountain can be seen in the background.
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Varieties
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
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| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| ND (1893) | P# S680; PMLC# 366.01 - Autographed | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ND (1893) | P# S680s; PMLC# 366.02 - Specimen (AMOSTRA) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||