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100 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 1st print, 'Valor Recebido'

Issuer Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil)
Year 1955-1959
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Currency Cruzeiro (1942-1967)
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Obverse description Printed in blue on a polychrome underprint using intaglio (calcography) and offset techniques, the obverse centres on a formal portrait vignette of Emperor Dom Pedro II enclosed within an ornately decorated frame, flanked on either side by the large numeral 100. The surrounding border incorporates intricate guilloche work, with the principal legends arranged along the upper and lower margins.
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Reverse description Printed in brown by intaglio (calcography), the reverse is dominated by a central allegorical vignette representing National Culture, based on a painting by Cadmo Fausto de Souza. The denomination numeral 100 appears at each corner, with the issuer title and printer imprint arranged within the border design.
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Signature(s) Series 236-435 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and Eugênio Gudin
Series 436-535 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and Jose Maria Alkimin
Series 536-660 - Claudionor de Souza Lemos and Lucas Lopes
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