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100 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 1st print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in black on white paper. The left panel carries the Arms of the Brazilian Empire within an oval vignette, while the central field presents a panoramic view of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, as it appeared in the first half of the 19th century. The right panel contains a reference to the authorizing decree of 1 June 1833, with denomination numerals and text repeated in the borders and corner blocks throughout the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 CEM * 100$ * CEM * 100$ * CEM 100 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 100$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ ao portador desta a quantia de CEM MIL RÉIS, valor recebido. 100 Decreto de 1º de Junho de 1833. 100 100$ * CEM * 100$ * CEM * 100$ 100 (Translation: 100 One Hundred Empire of Brazil No. ____ 100$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of One Hundred Thousand Réis, amount received. 100 Decree of June 1, 1833. 100 One Hundred) |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch in London for this 1835 emission at a time when the country had no domestic printing capability remotely suited to security work. Jacob Perkins's steel engraving process — developed in the United States before he relocated to London in 1819 — was then considered the most counterfeit-resistant method available, which made it the obvious choice for a treasury still navigating the institutional instability of the Regency period following Pedro I's abdication in 1831.
The mil réis denomination placed this note firmly in high-value commercial use rather than everyday circulation. Survival rates for this first print are low; the Brazilian climate was brutal on paper currency, and institutional redemption practices destroyed much of what circulation spared.