20 Mil Réis Banco do Brazil

€448,035.00
IssuerBrazil
Year1890
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 000 Réis (20 000)
CurrencyReal (1799-1942)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 80 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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In circulation to1892
Reference(s) P#S532
Obverse descriptionBlack 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 descriptionSepia. Two lions with cubs at center.
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Obverse letteringBANCO 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 letteringLEI 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 ID9701237670
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