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200 Mil Reis
| Issuer | Banco da Bahia |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Reference(s) | P#390 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DA BAHIA DUZENTOS MIL REIS 200 1ª SERIE CAIXA DO BANCO DA BAHIA Duzentos Mil Reis O PRESIDENTE OS DIRECTORES |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream-coloured cotton paper surface with no design, lettering, or decorative elements, consistent with early Brazilian provincial bank issue production practices. |
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The Banco da Bahia was a provincial bank operating under the decentralized banking framework Brazil maintained through much of the imperial period, and it contracted the American Bank Note Company — then still relatively early in its history — for this issue. ABNC's New York facility had begun aggressively pursuing Latin American contracts in the late 1850s, and Bahia was among their earlier Brazilian clients.
Provincial bank issues of this period were frequently short-lived. Centralization pressures from Rio, combined with recurring regional financial instability, meant many Bahian notes were redeemed and destroyed within a decade of issue, making survivors genuinely uncommon in any condition.