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1 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 1st print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 1 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 1$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL se pagará ao portador desta a quantia de HUM - MIL RÉIS, valor recebido. 1 Decreto de 1º de Junho de 1833. 1 1 • HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 • HUM • 1 (Translation: 1 One Empire of Brazil No. ____ 1$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of One Thousand Réis, amount received. 1 Decree of June 1, 1833. 1 One) |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain white reverse, bearing no typographic or intaglio work, with only manuscript countersignatures applied in ink in accordance with contemporary Brazilian Treasury authorisation practice for this emission. |
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Brazil's National Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch in London for this issue because Jacob Perkins had by the 1830s established an international reputation for security engraving — his steel-plate siderography technique, developed in the United States before he relocated to Britain, made duplication by local forgers practically impossible. For a young empire still building financial credibility, that was the entire point.
The 1835 emission was the first printed series for the Thesouro Nacional under its reorganized post-independence mandate. Notes printed by Perkins in this period were routinely shipped in bulk and issued progressively, so individual dating of surviving examples can be misleading about actual circulation timing.