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2 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print, 1st Type
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 2 Cruzeiros (2 BRZ) |
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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 DIRETOR CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO MINISTRO DA FAZENDA VALOR RECEBIDO 2 2 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: 2 2 Republic of the United States of Brazil will pay to the bearer of this the sum of Two Cruzeiros at the National Treasury 2 2 Duque de Caxias Director of the Amortization Fund Minister of Finance Value Received 2 2 Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS 2 2 ESCOLA MILITAR DE RESENDE 2 2 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil 2 2 Military School of Resende 2 2 Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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Brazil's Tesouro Nacional turned to Thomas De La Rue for much of its mid-century small-denomination output, and this 2 Cruzeiro note falls within that arrangement. The "2nd print" designation distinguishes it from the earlier impression of the same type — differences are typically found in ink density and minor plate register variations rather than any design change, making the two prints easy to conflate without direct comparison.
The cruzeiro itself had replaced the mil réis in 1942 under Vargas's economic reforms, and by 1955 these low-denomination notes were doing real transactional work in a country where inflation was already beginning its long upward grind.