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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A211 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in carmine on greenish paper. The left margin carries a reference to the Decree of 1 June 1833, while the central upper area bears a classical allegorical vignette of two putti representing the arts. The Imperial arms of Brazil appear at the right, with the denomination numeral '2' repeated in the border lettering surrounding the text panel. |
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| 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.