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200 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 200 200 * DUZENTOS * 200 * DUZENTOS 200 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 200$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DUZENTOS MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO 200 200 DUZENTOS * 200 * DUZENTOS * 200 200 SPECIMEN (Translation: 200 Two Hundred Empire of Brazil No. ____ 200$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Réis, amount received. 200 200 Two Hundred) |
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| Variants | P#A226s - Specimen |
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Brazil's 19th-century treasury notes were printed in London out of practical necessity — domestic printing infrastructure capable of producing secure fiduciary paper simply didn't exist yet. Perkins, Bacon & Petch brought the same intaglio security engraving expertise to Brazilian currency that they applied to British colonial postage stamps, including the Penny Black.
The "3rd print" designation distinguishes this from earlier plate runs of the same type, a meaningful distinction for collectors since the three printings differ in subtle but documentable ways. P#A226 notes from any print run are scarce; surviving examples from 1859 in collectible condition are rarer still, as the mil réis denominations circulated hard in a period of significant monetary pressure tied to Brazil's coffee-export credit cycles.