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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Value | 2000 Réis |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black and green on white paper, with the Imperial Arms of Brazil rendered in the right vignette and an agricultural allegory occupying the centre beneath the legend IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL. To the left, the authorising text references the Decree of 1 June 1833, with the denomination numeral 2 repeated at each corner; a stamped serial number appears on the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 2 IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DOIS MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO Decreto de 1º de Junho de 1833. 2 2 (Translation: Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Two Thousand Réis Amount received Decree of June 1, 1833.) |
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Brazil's Imperial Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch repeatedly through the mid-nineteenth century, a relationship built on the firm's steel-engraving technology and its well-established reputation for producing notes resistant to counterfeiting — a genuine concern in a country where provincial forgeries of low-denomination paper circulated freely. This particular issue is the third printing of the 2 Mil Réis type, distinguishable from earlier printings by subtle plate differences that specialists have catalogued but that remain easy to overlook without direct comparison.
The "Thesouro Nacional" designation marks this as a direct treasury emission rather than a Banco do Brasil issue — a distinction that mattered politically during the Empire's ongoing debates over centralized versus bank-issued currency.