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20 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in blue and sepia on tile-coloured paper, with a youthful portrait vignette of Dom Pedro II at upper centre. The central field carries the denomination and promissory text, flanked by a decree inscription at left and the Imperial coat of arms at right. Repeated numeral counters and the series designation frame the composition within an engraved border typical of Perkins, Bacon & Petch steel-plate work. |
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| Protection description | Patterned watermark visible in the paper stock. |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch at a moment when the London firm's steel-plate intaglio process was considered the global benchmark for document security — the same house had printed early stamps for Britain's Penny Black issue just two years prior. The 1842 contract was part of a broader effort by the imperial government to replace locally produced notes that had proved vulnerable to counterfeiting since the Banco do Brasil's collapse in 1829 left Brazil's paper currency in a precarious state.
The "2nd print" designation distinguishes this issue from an earlier Perkins run of the same denomination, reflecting revised contract terms rather than a design overhaul. Watermarking was the principal security measure — no serial numbering system of the sophistication later adopted.