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2 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 1st print, Autographed
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 2 REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DOIS CRUZEIROS NO TESOURO NACIONAL 2 2 DUQUE DE CAXIAS VALOR RECEBIDO 2 2 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil will pay to the bearer of this the sum of Two Cruzeiros at the National Treasury. Duque de Caxias. Value received. American Bank Note Company.) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS 2 2 ESCOLA MILITAR DE REZENDE 2 2 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil. Military School of Resende. American Bank Note Company.) |
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Brazil's Tesouro Nacional turned to the American Bank Note Company for much of its mid-century paper currency production, a relationship that predates this issue by several decades. The "Autographed" designation refers to the manuscript signatures applied by treasury officials — a practice retained well into the postwar period as a formality of authentication rather than a security measure of any practical effect.
The 1st print distinction matters here because subsequent printings introduced subtle typographic and plate differences that specialists use to sequence the series. Pick 133 is not scarce in circulated grades, but clean examples with both signatures intact and unsmudged are harder to locate than the catalog frequency suggests.