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100 Mil Réis 3rd.Banco do Brazil, Series A,B,C
| Issuer | Banco do Brazil (3rd) |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and blue using a combination of lithography and intaglio (taille-douce). An oval vignette at left bears a figure of Saint Sebastian, while a standing female allegorical figure of Justice occupies the right side. A vignette of a locomotive in motion is centered in the upper portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DO BRAZIL (Translation: Bank of Brazil) |
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The third Banco do Brazil — distinct from both the imperial institution founded in 1808 and the modern federal bank established in 1905 — operated as a private commercial bank chartered in 1851. This 100 Mil Réis note, issued across Series A, B, and C, was printed by the American Bank Note Company at a moment when Brazilian banking was expanding rapidly ahead of the currency instability that would follow the Paraguayan War's fiscal aftermath.
The ABNC's New York facilities handled a significant share of Brazilian paper at this period, giving the note's engraving a technical precision that domestic Brazilian printing could not yet match. Series lettering was the primary method of distinguishing successive print runs rather than distinct plate changes.