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20 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 7th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A259 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio on yellow lithographic underprint. At left, an oval vignette with a bust portrait of Emperor Dom Pedro II; at center, a seated female allegorical figure leans against a pedestal bearing the Arms of the Empire, with a partial panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro in the background; at right, an allegorical vignette representing the Abertura dos Portos (Opening of the Ports). Denomination numerals and text appear in the borders and across the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 20 IMPERIO DO BRASIL American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: Empire of Brazil American Bank Note Co. New York) |
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Brazil's National Treasury turned to the American Bank Note Company repeatedly throughout the late nineteenth century, and this 1878 issue is a product of that sustained relationship. The "7th print" designation reflects the Treasury's own internal print-run numbering system — not a catalog convention — used to track successive authorizations of the same denomination as demand or redemption required additional stock.
The mil réis denomination structure places this note squarely in the period before the abolition of slavery and the proclamation of the Republic dramatically reshaped Brazilian monetary administration in 1889. Notes of this series often circulated hard; survivors in presentable condition are less common than their printing quantities might suggest.