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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 12th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 2000 Réis |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print over a polychrome lithographic underprint. A central oval vignette carries a portrait of Pedro de Araújo Lima (1793–1870), Marquês de Olinda, surrounded by ornamental guilloche work. Denomination and issuing authority legends are arranged in the upper and lower border panels, with the printer's imprint at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE 2 DOIS MIL REIS VALOR RECEBIDO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil At the National Treasury the holder will be paid the amount of Two Thousand Réis Amount received American Bank Note Company) |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional relied heavily on the American Bank Note Company for its early twentieth-century emissions, this being one of several denominations in a long-running series that stretched across multiple "prints" — successive authorized runs using the same or modified plate stock rather than entirely new designs. The 12th print designation reflects a procurement pattern driven by chronic fiscal pressure rather than planned reissue cycles; Brazil's federal treasury regularly returned to ABNC for additional quantities as domestic revenue shortfalls and wartime inflation strained cash supplies.
The 2 Mil Réis was a working denomination, handled frequently, and surviving examples in better grades are genuinely less common than the catalog frequency suggests.