Catalog
2 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 9th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio and lithographic printing in black on polychrome underprint. Central vignette presents a half-length figure of Minerva in classical robes, wearing a Corinthian helmet and holding a spear in her right hand. The state title and printer's imprint appear in the surrounding text panels. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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Brazil's National Treasury turned to the American Bank Note Company repeatedly through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and this note belongs to that long-running relationship. The "9th Print" designation is a cataloger's convention — successive print orders from the same plates, not a new design — which means wear and plate deterioration can vary meaningfully across the run.
The mil réis system, subdivided into réis, was abolished in 1942 when Getúlio Vargas introduced the cruzeiro, replacing it at 1,000:1. Notes from the 1900 Treasury issues were already thoroughly obsolete by then, and mass destruction during the conversion accounts for their relative scarcity today.