Brazil Banknotes 500 Cruzeiros banknote 1984 Deodoro da Fonseca
Central Bank of Brazil - Banco Central do Brasil
Obverse: Double portrait of Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of the Republic of Brazil at center.
Reverse: Double view of a group of legislators - Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil, 1889.
Watermark: portrait of Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca.
Printer: Casa da Moeda do Brasil (CMB).
Dimensions: 154 x 74 mm.
Face Color: Blue and brown on multicolor underprint.
Back Color: Pink, brown and purple.
Signatures: Presidente Conselho Monetário: Ernane Galvas.
Presidente do Banco Central do Brasil: Affonso Celso Pastore.
Brazilian Currency Banknotes - Brazil Paper Money
1981-1985 Issue
100 Cruzeiros 200 Cruzeiros 500 Cruzeiros 1000 Cruzeiros
Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil
The Proclamation of the Republic was a significant event in the history of Brazil. It was a military coup d'état that occurred on November 15, 1889, which established Brazil as a republic, overthrowing the constitutional monarchy of the Empire of Brazil and ending the reign of Emperor Dom Pedro II.
The proclamation of the Republic took place in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Empire of Brazil, when a group of military officers of the Brazilian Army, led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, staged a coup d'état without the use of violence, deposing the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, and the President of the Council of Ministers of the Empire, the Viscount of Ouro Preto.
A provisional government was established that same day, November 15, with Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as President of the Republic and head of the interim Government.