| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1924-1942 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 20 000 Réis (20 000) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 180 × 83 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 | 30 October 1942 |
| Reference(s) | P#48 |
| Obverse description | Blue on polychrome, in calcography and lithography. In the center, the portrait of Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of the Republic (1889-1891), flanked by numerals 20. Diagonally crossing the body of the note, anonymous autograph of the official responsible for the conference. |
| Reverse description | Orange, in calcography. In the center, an image of a seated woman representing the mythological goddess Minerva. Flanking the image, the nominal value `20`. |
| Signature(s) | |
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| Protection description | |
| Obverse lettering | 20 20
REPUBLICA
DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL
NO THESOURO NACIONAL
SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE
20 VINTE MIL REIS 20
VALOR RECEBIDO
20 20
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil In the National Treasury will be paid to the carrier of this amount of Twenty Thousand Réis Amount Received American Bank Note Company) |
| Reverse lettering | 20 20
REPUBLICA DOS
20
ESTADOS
UNIDOS DO BRASIL
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil American Bank Note Company.) |
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| Catalog ID | 4163860220 |
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