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200 Mil Reis
| Issuer | Thesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul |
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| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents an oval intaglio portrait vignette of a bearded male figure at the left, set against a finely engraved guilloche underprint. The central area carries the large denomination numeral '200' within an ornate cartouche, flanked by intricate lathe-work borders. A serial number appears both at the upper right and lower left, with the date 'Porto Alegre, 1º de Maio de 1932' printed in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | O THESOURO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR À DOZE MEZES DESTA DATA DUZENTOS MIL REIS PORTO ALEGRE 1º DE MAIO DE 1932 SERIE D Nº 0097564 THESOURO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL |
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The Tesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul issued this note during one of the most politically charged years in modern Brazilian history. The 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution — the armed uprising centered in São Paulo against Getúlio Vargas's provisional government — created serious strains on regional finances across southern Brazil, and Rio Grande do Sul, Vargas's own home state, found itself navigating complex loyalties while maintaining fiscal operations.
The printer, Livraria do Globo's lithographic workshop in Porto Alegre, was primarily a commercial and publishing house rather than a specialist security printer. That origin shows in surviving examples, which can exhibit soft ink registration and inconsistent impression depth across the sheet.