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1000 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print, 'Valor Legal'
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Value | 1000 Cruzeiros (1000 BRZ) |
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| Reverse description | Orange intaglio print. The entire reverse is occupied by a reproduction of the 1860 painting 'Primeira Missa no Brasil' (First Mass in Brazil) by Victor Meirelles (1832–1903), captioned 'PRIMEIRA MISSA' at center, flanked by the legend 'REPÚBLICA DOS / ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL' in panel labels to either side. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS 1000 1000 PRIMEIRA MISSA ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of the First mass United States of Brazil Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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Brazil's early 1960s were defined by accelerating inflation — the cruzeiro was losing value faster than new notes could be distributed, and the Tesouro Nacional was issuing high-denomination paper as a holding action against a monetary system under severe structural pressure. The "Valor Legal" overprint on this second printing was a formal designation distinguishing treasury-backed legal tender from other circulating instruments, a distinction that mattered less to the public than to the finance ministry.
Victor Meirelles was a 19th-century painter, not a banknote designer — his work was adapted from existing institutional art, which accounts for the somewhat rigid translation of oil-canvas imagery into intaglio.