| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 20 Cruzeiros (20 BRZ) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro (1942-1967) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 157 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| In circulation to | 12 February 1967 |
| Reference(s) | P#136 |
| Obverse description | 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. |
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| 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 description | Red in calcography. In the center, the allegorical and pictorial representation of the Republic, a painting by Cadmo Fausto de Souza. |
| 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.) |
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| Numisquare ID | 5633713580 |
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