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100 Reis
| Issuer | Tesouro do Estado de Alagoas |
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| Year | 1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-tinted bond-style note with the heading THESOURO DO ESTADO DE ALAGOAS at upper centre, flanked by corner medallions reading CEM REIS and the denomination 100 REIS. At left, the arms of Alagoas with the legend ESTADO DE ALAGOAS / BRAZIL beneath a vignette of a lyre; to the right, a large ornamental cartouche bears the title APOLICE DO ESTADO DE ALAGOAS with Serie J. and a printed serial number. The lower portion carries a detachable coupon strip showing annual interest payment dates from 1896 to 1905, each coupon marked 6 REIS, separated by a horizontal rule. |
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| Reverse lettering | ESTADO DE ALAGOAS 100 REIS Lei No III de 5 de Agosto de 1895 |
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The Tesouro do Estado de Alagoas issued this note under the broader authority granted to Brazilian states during the early republican period, when the federal government temporarily permitted regional treasuries to emit their own paper currency to address chronic coin shortages. Alagoas was among the smaller northeastern states to exercise this right, and its issues were correspondingly limited in scope and volume.
State treasury emissions from this period were rarely redeemed systematically, and many simply fell out of use as federal consolidation progressed through the late 1890s. Pick records only a handful of Alagoas types, making any survivor from this issuer genuinely uncommon.