Blue on polychrome, in calcography and offset. In the center, wrapped in a decorated frame, the portrait of Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca (1st President of the Republic 1889 - 1891), flanked by the numerals 20.
Reverse description
Red in calcography. In the center, the allegorical and pictorial representation of the Republic, a painting by Cadmo Fausto de Souza.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
DO BRASIL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
20 NO TESOURO NACIONAL 20
VINTE CRUZEIROS
DEODORO DA FONSECA
VALOR RECEBIDO
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the carrier of this amount of twenty Cruzeiros in the National Treasury Deodoro da Fonseca Amount Received American Bank Note Company.)
Reverse lettering
20 REPÚBLICA DOS 20
PROCLAMAÇÃO DA REPÚBLICA
20 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL 20
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil Proclamation of the Republic American Bank Note Company.)