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200 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 6th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 200 200 IMPÉRIO DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE DUZENTOS MIL REIS VALOR RECEBIDO AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK (Translation: 200 200 Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury will be paid to the bearer of this the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Réis Value Received American Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Reverse description | Printed in black and orange by intaglio. The central field is occupied by a large vignette after Victor Meirelles's celebrated painting 'The First Mass in Brazil', set within a ruled border. The legend IMPERIO DO BRASIL is inscribed above the vignette, with the denomination numeral 200 repeated at either side. |
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This note sits at one of the more compressed moments in Brazilian monetary history: 1889 is the year the Empire collapsed. Dom Pedro II was deposed in November, and the Republic proclaimed almost immediately — meaning notes bearing imperial treasury authority were being issued and circulated right up to the regime change, then abruptly rendered obsolete within months of printing.
The American Bank Note Company had been producing Brazilian paper currency since the 1870s, and this sixth print continues that relationship. Victor Meirelles — better known as the painter of the monumental *Primeira Missa no Brasil* — contributed designs to this series, an unusual crossover between fine arts patronage and commercial intaglio work that the ABNC executed from its New York facilities.
Surviving examples frequently show fold stress along the horizontal centerline, consistent with the folded-storage practice common in Brazilian retail trade at the time.