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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 DOIS * 2 * DOIS * 2 * DOIS * 2 * DOIS 2 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 2$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PA- GARÁ ao portador desta a quantia de DOIS MIL RÉIS, valor recebido. 2 Decreto de 1º de Junho de 1833. 2 * 2 * DOIS * 2 * DOIS * 2 * DOIS * 2 * 2 (Translation: 2 Two Empire of Brazil No. ____ 2$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Two Thousand Réis, amount received. 2 Decree of June 1, 1833. 2 Two) |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, consisting of plain greenish paper with no vignettes, lettering, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch at a moment when the firm's intaglio security printing was considered among the most counterfeit-resistant available — a real concern in a country that had already suffered damaging note forgeries earlier in the century. This is the second print of the series, meaning the plates had already seen prior use, though Perkins maintained exceptionally durable steel-engraved dies and plate quality rarely degraded perceptibly between print runs.
Jacob Perkins himself had pioneered the siderographic transfer process that made mass production of identical, fine-lined banknote engravings commercially viable. By 1844 he had been dead two years.