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20 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 6th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A241 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black and green on white paper, with two oval allegorical vignettes flanking the central design — Agriculture at left and Justice at right — above which a panoramic view of the anchorage of Rio de Janeiro (Guanabara Bay harbor) serves as the central vignette. The denomination and serial number are typographed, with the order number applied by handstamp. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, with show-through of the obverse intaglio impression visible on the plain white paper stock. |
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Brazil's Imperial Treasury relied on Perkins, Bacon & Petch throughout the mid-nineteenth century, and this sixth print of the 20 Mil Réis continues that relationship. Perkins, Bacon's steel-engraving process — developed originally for banknote security in the United States — became the firm's calling card, and their London pressroom supplied paper currency to governments across South America, the British colonies, and beyond.
The "6th print" designation reflects the Thesouro Nacional's practice of issuing notes in successive numbered printings rather than dated series, a cataloguing distinction that matters considerably when tracing emission volumes under Dom Pedro II's reign.