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| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 CEM * 100$ * CEM * 100$ * CEM 100 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 100$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE CEM MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO 100 100$ * 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 One Hundred) |
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| Variants | P#A225a - issued note P#A225r - unissued remainder |
| Comments |
Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch at a moment when the firm's siderographic process — steel-plate engraving transferred via a hardened roller — was setting the standard for forgery-resistant currency printing worldwide. The same London house was producing postage stamps for several colonial administrations simultaneously, and Brazilian treasury notes of this period share that characteristic tight, almost mechanical precision in the linework that distinguishes Perkins output from its contemporaries.
The "3rd print" designation reflects successive contracting rounds rather than a redesign — the plate was retained, with differences between printings often subtle enough to require serial number ranges or paper stock analysis to confirm attribution.