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200 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Value | 200 000 Réis (200 000) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in black on white paper. At left, the Arms of the Empire of Brazil; at centre, a panoramic vignette of the city of Rio de Janeiro as it appeared in the first half of the 19th century; at right, an Imperial Distinction device. Denomination and series number are rendered in typeset letterpress, the order number is hand-stamped, and a SPECIMEN overprint is applied across the face. |
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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.