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5 Mil Reis
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and black intaglio on cream paper, the obverse carries the heading IMPERIO DO BRAZIL across the top. To the left, an oval portrait vignette contains Emperor Dom Pedro II facing right, flanked at the lower corners by the numeral 5; at centre, a cherub vignette is set within a guilloche panel bearing the promise text and denomination CINCO MIL REIS, while to the right a seated allegorical female figure with shield and lyre occupies a tall vertical vignette surmounted by NO THESOURO NACIONAL. The lower centre field contains Estampa, Serie, and VALOR RECEBIDO panel details. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMPERIO DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL se pagará ao portador desta a quantia de CINCO MIL REIS VALOR RECEBIDO ESTAMPA SERIE CINCO 5 |
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The Thesouro Nacional — Brazil's National Treasury — issued this series through the American Bank Note Company at a moment of genuine institutional instability. The 1880s saw repeated conflicts between the Treasury and the Banco do Brasil over the right to issue paper currency, with competing notes circulating simultaneously and public confidence in government paper chronically low.
ABNC's New York production is identifiable by the quality of the intaglio work, characteristic of the company's Brazilian contracts throughout this period. The A264 prefix designation places this among the earlier Pick assignments in the Imperial Brazilian sequence, predating the republic's monetary reorganization of 1890.