5 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; "Valor Legal"

5 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; "Valor Legal") - obverse5 Cruzeiros (Thesouro Nacional; 2nd print; "Valor Legal") - reverse


Features

LocationBrazil 
Issuing entityThesouro Nacional
PeriodRepublic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
TypeStandard banknote
Years1962-1964
Value5 Cruzeiros (5 BRZ)
CurrencyCruzeiro (1942-1967)
CompositionPaper
Size157 × 67 mm
ShapeRectangular
TechniqueOffset
Demonetized12 February 1967
NumberN# 202089 
ReferencesP# 176, AI Notes# C071, AI Notes# C072, AI Notes# C073, AI Notes# C074, PMLC# 538

Series: Cruzeiro (Thesouro Nacional - 2nd print)

Obverse

Sepia on polychrome, in calchography and offset.
In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of José Maria da Silva Paranhos (Barão do Rio Branco), flanked by the numerals 5.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
5 TESOURO NACIONAL 5
BARÃO DO RIO BRANCO
DIRETOR
CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
CINCO CRUZEIROS
VALOR LEGAL
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON.

Translation:
Republic of United States of Brazil
Five Cruzeiros
in the National Treasury
5 5
Baron of Rio Branco
Director of Amortization Box
Finance Minister
Legal Value
Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.

Reverse

Sepia in chalcography.
In the center, the pictorial representation of the Conquista do Amazonas, painting by Antonio Parreiras.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 REPÚBLICA DOS 5
CONQUISTA DO AMAZONAS
5 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL 5
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON.

Translation:
5 5
Republic of United States of Brazil
Conquest of the Amazons
5 5
Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.

Signatures

Reginaldo Fernandes Nunes (RFN)Director of the Amortization Fund
Walther Moreira Salles (WMS)Finance Minister
Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida Sobrinho (MCP)Finance Minister
Otávio Gouveia de Bulhões (OGdB¹)President of the National Monetary Council
Sérgio Augusto Ribeiro (SAR)Director of the Amortization Fund

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

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