| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 20 000 Réis (20 000) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 145 × 75 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#116 |
| Obverse description | Black on polychrome, in calcography and lithography. 20 in the left of center; on the right of center medallion with portrait of Arthur da Silva Bernardes, 12th President of Brazil, 1922 to 1926. One or two autographs across. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 BANCO DO BRASIL NA SEDE DO BANCO DO BRASIL, SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA, DE ACCORDO COM A LEI N. 4635 DE 8 DE JANEIRO DE 1923, A QUANTIA DE VINTE MIL REIS. 20 20 ARTHUR BERNARDES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Bank of Brazil at Banco do Brasil`s Headquarters, it will be paid to the bearer of according to law no. 4635 of January 8, 1923, the amount of Twenty Thousand Reis 20 20 Arthur Bernardes American Bank Note Company) |
| Reverse description | Light-blue, in calchography. At center, Palácio da Liberdade, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 20. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 20 BANCO DO BRASIL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Bank of Brazil American Bank Note Company) |
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| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Numisquare ID | 2989872900 |
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