| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 20 000 Réis (20 000) |
| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 185 × 80 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date) |
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| In circulation to | 1892 |
| Reference(s) | P#S532 |
| Obverse description | Black on blue and multicolor underprint, in calcography and lithography. At left, figure of man and woman; at right, seated woman (allegory of Industry). It bears the serial number and print in black, order number in red and the signature of Antônio Arnaldo Vieira da Costa (Treasurer of the Amortization Fund). |
| Reverse description | Sepia. Two lions with cubs at center. |
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| 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 lettering | LEI Nº 3403 DE 24 DE
NOVEMBRO DE 1888.
20
VINTE MIL RÉIS (Translation: Law no. 3403 of November 24, 1888. Twenty Thousand Reis) |
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| Catalog ID | 9701237670 |
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