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1 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in black and blue on blue paper, with the Arms of the Empire at centre flanked by an allegorical vignette of Commerce, all beneath the legend IMPÉRIO DO BRAZIL. The denomination appears both in words and numerals, with the serial number applied by handstamp. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted blank verso bearing extensive manuscript annotations in brown ink, including a handwritten administrative note destined for examination and receipt by the Thesouraria de Fazenda da Província de Mato Grosso, referencing the Thesouraria da Secção de Substituição do Papel-moeda and dated 4 de Março de 1868, with two manuscript signatures below. |
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Brazil's Imperial Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch for much of its mid-century paper currency, relying on the firm's steel-engraving technology — the same method that made their banknote and stamp work notoriously difficult to counterfeit. This 1860 issue is the third print of the 1 Mil Réis, a denomination that circulated heavily at the lower end of daily commerce and suffered accordingly. Survivors in presentable condition are genuinely uncommon precisely because the note was used, not saved.
The Thesouro Nacional series predates the Republic by three decades, issued under Pedro II at a moment when Brazil's paper currency still competed uneasily with coin in public trust.