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10 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 10th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Reference(s) | P#32 |
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| Reverse description | Lithograph in sepia on a blue underprint. A guilloche vignette at the upper left corner incorporates the Coat of Arms of the Republic, while a circular medallion at the bottom center bears a woman's head serving as an allegory of the Republic. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Brazil's Caixa de Conversão reforms of the early 1900s reshaped the entire monetary apparatus, and this note — identified as the 10th print run — reflects the Thesouro Nacional's ongoing effort to maintain volume against persistent demand. Casa da Moeda do Brasil handled production domestically in Rio de Janeiro, though the design work and plate engraving trace back to French hands: Duval for the design, Huyot for the engraving, whose credits appear in the margins of the earlier prints in this series.
Watermarking was the sole mechanical security measure. By this period, Brazilian notes faced chronic counterfeiting pressure, and a watermark alone was considered insufficient by most contemporary banking authorities.