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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 4th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Size | 180 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black and green on white paper, with the Imperial Arms of Brazil and an allegorical vignette representing Justice and Truth at centre. The legend IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL arches above the central design, with the denomination numeral 2 repeated across the note in guilloche-enriched borders. The print number is handstamped on the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 DOIS 2 DOIS 2 DOIS. 2 IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DOIS MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO 2 DOIS 2 DOIS 2 (Translation: Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Two Thousand Réis Amount received) |
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Brazil's Imperial Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch for much of its mid-nineteenth century note production — a logical choice given the London firm's established reputation for intaglio security printing and its long relationship with colonial and post-colonial governments across the Americas. This is the fourth printing of the 2 Mil Réis type, a distinction that matters because successive printings of this series often carried subtle plate differences and varied serial numbering conventions that make edition attribution genuinely tricky without careful comparison.
The mil réis denomination structure was abolished entirely in 1942 when Brazil redenominated to the cruzeiro at 1,000 mil réis per unit — by that point, an 1866 note had long since passed out of any practical monetary function.