Catalog
1 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 1st print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A201 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black or light green on white paper, with the Imperial Arms of Brazil rendered as a vignette to the left. At centre-top, a fine calcographic vignette of a female allegorical figure representing Agriculture is engraved in the characteristic Perkins style. To the right, letterpress text cites the authorising decree of 1 June 1833, with the denomination expressed as 1$000 and a bearer clause in Portuguese. |
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| 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.