Catalog
5 Mil Réis
| Issuer | O Governo Revolucionario do Brazil |
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| Year | 1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | O Governo Revolucionario do Brazil Pagará ao portador deste bonus a quantia de Cinco mil réis E MAIS OS JUROS DE 12 o/o AO ANNO, A CONTAR DE 5 DE JULHO DE 1924 Estampa 1.a SÉRIE A 5$000 |
| Reverse description | Typeset reverse within a plain rectangular border, with '5$000' at each corner. The centre is occupied by the large bold denomination 'CINCO MIL RÉIS'. Above it, a patriotic appeal in Portuguese urges lending to the Revolution, while below, a further inscription invokes the sacrifice of soldiers and appeals to the holders' generosity. |
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The "Governo Revolucionario do Brazil" issuer designation places this note squarely within the tenente movement — specifically the São Paulo revolt of July 1924, when a faction of junior military officers seized the city and held it for three weeks before federal forces retook it. Emergency currency was issued to keep provisional operations funded. The movement was defeated, but it fed directly into the broader revolutionary currents that eventually produced Getúlio Vargas's 1930 coup.
Notes from this episode are scarce precisely because the issuing authority ceased to exist within a matter of days.