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200 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 1st print, Autographed
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional do Brasil |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE NO TESOURO NACIONAL 200 200 DUZENTOS CRUZEIROS D.PEDRO I VALOR RECEBIDO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil will pay to the bearer of this note the sum of Two Hundred Cruzeiros in the National Treasury — D. Pedro I — Value Received — American Bank Note Company.) |
| Reverse description | Olive-green intaglio. The central vignette reproduces a detailed engraving after Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo's celebrated painting "Independência ou Morte," with the scene subtitled "GRITO DO IPIRANGA," showing the proclamation of Brazilian independence. Large numeral 200 panels appear at both lateral margins. |
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Brazil's Tesouro Nacional contracted the American Bank Note Company for this wartime series, a longstanding relationship that kept Brazilian federal currency production offshore throughout much of the mid-twentieth century. The "1st print, Autographed" designation refers to the manuscript signatures applied by senior treasury officials — a practice that distinguished early printings of this series from later versions carrying facsimile signatures, and which makes precise attribution important when cataloging.
The 200 cruzeiro denomination was introduced after Brazil's 1942 monetary reform replaced the milréis system with the cruzeiro. This note belongs to the earliest documented emission under that new framework.