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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 13th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional do Brasil |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio on ochre underprint, executed in woodcut style. A central medallion vignette carries a portrait of Joaquim Duarte Murtinho Nobre (1848–1911), statesman and former Minister of Finance, framed by intricate guilloche lathe-work. Denomination numerals '2' appear at the corners, with the full legend of the Republic and the Treasury payment obligation distributed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Blue intaglio on ochre underprint, executed in woodcut style. The centre is occupied by a large circular guilloche rosette with a radiating star motif at its core, encircled by the inscription REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL. Flanking the central medallion on each side, horizontal bands of fine geometric lathe-work carry the denomination legend DOIS MIL REIS in bold serif lettering, with the numeral '2' repeated at each outer extremity. |
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The "13th Print" designation in the Thesouro Nacional series reflects Brazil's practice of issuing successive impressions under the same Pick number rather than redesigning or renumbering — a bureaucratic continuity that makes dating individual examples genuinely difficult without examining serial prefixes. By the early 1920s, the Casa da Moeda do Brasil had been producing these low-denomination treasury notes domestically for decades, having taken over from European contractors in an effort to reduce dependence on foreign printers.
The 2 Mil Réis was a workhorse denomination, absorbed quickly into petty commerce and rarely returned in collectible condition.