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| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| In circulation to | 1883 |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 CEM 100 Imperio do Brasil 100$000. NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARA ao portador desta a quantia de CEM MIL REIS, valor recebido. (Translation: 100 One Hundred Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of One Hundred Thousand Réis 100 One Hundred amount received.) |
| Reverse description | Blank. |
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Perkins, Bacon & Petch had already built their reputation on intaglio security printing — their banknote and postage stamp work for Britain's colonies and dependent territories made them a natural choice for Brazilian imperial commissions. This 4th print designation reflects the Brazilian Treasury's practice of ordering successive batches from London as domestic demand outpaced existing stock, with each print run technically identical to the last but distinguished in catalog records by issue sequence.
Brazil's imperial paper currency of the 1860s circulated under persistent public distrust, a hangover from earlier inflationary episodes under the Banco do Brasil. The 100 Mil Reis was high-denomination enough to move primarily through commercial channels rather than everyday retail trade.