| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1955-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 20 Cruzeiros (20 BRZ) |
| Currency | Cruzeiro (1942-1967) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 157 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom |
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| In circulation to | 12 February 1967 |
| Reference(s) | P#160 |
| Obverse description | Brown on polychrome, in chalcography 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 MARECHAL DEODORO DA FONSECA DIRETOR CAIXA DE AMORTIZAÇÃO MINISTRO DA FAZENDA VINTE CRUZEIROS VALOR RECEBIDO THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the carrier of this amount of twenty Cruzeiros in the National Treasury Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca Director of Amortization Fund Finance Minister Amount Received Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
| Reverse description | Brown in chalcography. 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 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil Proclamation of the Republic Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
| Signature(s) | Claudionor de Souza Lemos, Eugênio Gudin Filho, Lucas Lopes, Alfonso Almiro Ribeiro da Costa Júnior, Carlos Augusto Carrilho, Sebastiío Paes de Almeida, |
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| Numisquare ID | 2249873710 |
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