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2 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 1st print, Autographed
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| In circulation to | 12 February 1967 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue intaglio, the reverse is dominated by a central architectural vignette of the Military School of Resende (Escola Militar de Rezende) in Rio de Janeiro state, framed by guilloche borders with denomination numerals 2 at each side. |
| 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.