20 Mil Réis Banco do Brazil

Issuer	Banco do Brazil
Year	1890
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Currency	Real (1799-1942)
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Obverse description	Black intaglio on blue and multicolor lithographic underprint. At left, a vignette of a standing male and female figure; at right, a seated female allegory of Industry. Serial number and order number printed in black and red respectively, with the manuscript signature of the Treasurer of the Amortization Fund.
Obverse lettering	BANCO DO BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro. NA THESOURARIA DO BANCO SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR EM MOEDA DE OURO E A VISTA A QUANTIA DE VINTE MIL RÉIS NOS TERMOS DO DECRETO NÚMERO 253 DE 8 DE MARÇO DE 1890. 20 (Translation: Bank of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. In the Treasury the bank will pay itself to the bearer in gold coin at sight the amount of Twenty Thousand Reis, under the terms of Decree number 253 of March 8, 1890. Twenty Thousand Reis)
Reverse description	Printed in olive-sepia by intaglio, with an elaborate guilloche border filling the entire field. At center, a finely engraved vignette of a lion and lioness at rest with two cubs between them. Denomination numeral "20" appears in large white-on-guilloche counters at left and right, with the inscription "VINTE MIL REIS" in a panel at the lower center and the legal authority text in a cartouche at the top. Printer's imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK." appears at the bottom margin.
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