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2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 8th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1890-1891 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Violet intaglio on an ochre lithographic underprint. At left, a seated female allegory of Justice holds a sword and a spear surmounted by a Phrygian cap, accompanied by a child bearing scales — emblematic of the newly proclaimed Republic; at right, an intaglio vignette of the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo on Rua Direita (now Rua Primeiro de Março), Rio de Janeiro. The face panel is enclosed by ornamental guilloche borders with denomination numerals positioned at each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL DE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DOIS MIL REIS VALOR RECEBIDO (Translation: Republic of The United States of Brazil In The National Treasury will pay to the bearer of this amount of Two Thousand Reis Amount received) |
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Brazil's shift from monarchy to republic in November 1889 created immediate pressure on public finances. The new government under Deodoro da Fonseca authorized a dramatic expansion of the money supply — the period is known as the Encilhamento, a speculative boom-and-bust that flooded Brazil with paper currency and triggered one of the country's earliest modern financial crises. Notes of this type were issued directly into that environment.
The "8th Print" designation reflects the Thesouro Nacional's practice of distinguishing successive print runs as discrete emissions rather than a continuous series — a bookkeeping convention that now helps collectors identify specific contractual batches with the ABNC.