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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 19th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1924-1942 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio and lithographic print in blue over a polychrome underprint, with a central oval vignette containing a portrait of José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Barão do Rio Branco (1845–1912), flanked on each side by the numeral 5. The face carries full bilingual legends naming the issuing authority and the denomination, along with the printer's imprint at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio print in sepia, centred on an allegorical composition in which a child is flanked by two seated female figures symbolising Industry and Commerce. The denomination numerals repeat across the design, and the printer's imprint appears at the lower margin. |
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The American Bank Note Company held Brazil's high-value note contracts for decades, but the 5 Mil Réis series (Pick 29) ran across an unusually long window — from the mid-1920s through the early 1940s — with minimal design changes, reflecting how stable, or rather how stagnant, Brazil's currency administration was during a period that actually included the 1930 revolution that brought Getúlio Vargas to power.
Robert Savage was one of ABNC's most productive staff engravers of the period, with credits across multiple Latin American series. The Mil Réis itself was abolished in 1942 when Brazil redenominated at 1,000:1, introducing the Cruzeiro — making the final issues of this type among the last notes ever denominated in that unit.