2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 8th print

Brazil's Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury) notes of the late Imperial period were issued under a monetary system already under severe strain — coffee export revenues were volatile, abolition of slavery in May 1888 had reshaped the labor economy almost overnight, and the monarchy itself had less than two years left. The 8th print designation within the P#A260 series reflects iterative reissues through a prolonged period rather than a single authorised run, a common workaround when demand outpaced formal legislative budget cycles.

ABNC's New York engravers supplied the plates for the full Thesouro Nacional series; the same firm handled much of Latin America's government printing through this period, which occasionally makes attribution tricky when designs were shared or slightly modified across republics. Within months of this note's issue date, the Proclamation of the Republic rendered the Imperial treasury apparatus defunct.