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10 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Size | 195 × 115 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in red on greenish paper, the note bears an imperial distinction vignette at left, a central allegorical vignette at top centre with two female figures representing Justice, and the Arms of the Empire at right. Denomination numerals and text legends are distributed across the face in a typeset arrangement consistent with Perkins, Bacon & Petch engraving style. The overall composition reflects the classical English intaglio banknote design of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 DEZ 10 DEZ 10 DEZ 10 DEZ 10 7 de SEPTEMBRO DE 1822 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 10$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ ao portador desta a quantia de DEZ MIL RÉIS, valor recebido. 10 10 10 DEZ 10 DEZ 10 DEZ 10 10 (Translation: 10 Ten September 7, 1822 Empire of Brazil No. ____ 10$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Ten Thousand Réis, amount received. 10 10 Ten) |
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Brazil's National Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch for this series at a moment when the government was determined to produce notes resistant to the widespread counterfeiting that had plagued earlier domestic issues. Perkins had by then spent decades refining siderography — the steel-plate transfer engraving process Jacob Perkins himself had pioneered — and the firm's London-printed notes were considered among the hardest to fake in circulation anywhere.
The "3rd print" designation reflects successive Treasury authorizations rather than a design change; the plates were retained and reused, making print-run differentiation a matter of documentation rather than appearance.