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10 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 1st print, Autographed
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 10 Cruzeiros (10 BRZ) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio over a polychrome offset underprint. A central vignette presents a portrait of Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, President of the Republic 1930–1945 and 1951–1954, set within an ornate decorative frame, flanked on either side by the denomination numeral 10. The surrounding guilloche work and multicolour tint pattern complete the composition. |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio on plain ground. The central vignette presents an allegorical composition titled Unidade Nacional (National Unity), representing the steel industry, framed by the denomination numeral 10 at each corner. The overall design is executed in a single colour with fine intaglio line work. |
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Brazil's wartime finances pushed the Tesouro Nacional toward ABNC for this 1943 series, a relationship that had been running intermittently since the early Republic years. The "autographed" designation here refers to the manually signed examples from the first print run — a practice that was already anachronistic by the 1940s and was phased out in subsequent printings of the same design.
P#135 is frequently encountered with ink migration from the signatures, which can be mistaken for humidity damage but is a known characteristic of this print run specifically.