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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in carmine on greenish paper. The left margin carries a reference to the Decree of 1 June 1833, while the central upper field bears a classical allegorical vignette of two putti representing the arts. The Arms of the Brazilian Empire appear to the right, with the denomination and payment obligation inscribed across the face in a structured letterpress layout. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 5 IMPERIO DO BRASIL Nº ____ 5$000 NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ ao portador desta a quantia de CINCO MIL RÉIS, valor recebido. 5 Decreto de 1º de Junho de 1833. 5 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 (Translation: 5 Five Empire of Brazil No. ____ 5$000 At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Five Thousand Réis, amount received. 5 Decree of June 1, 1833. 5 Five) |
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Brazil's National Treasury turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch for this 1842 issue because the firm had built its reputation on security printing that was genuinely difficult to counterfeit — Jacob Perkins's siderographic transfer process allowed complex intaglio work to be reproduced with mechanical consistency impossible to replicate by hand. That anti-counterfeiting argument carried real weight in Brazil at the time, where forged Treasury notes had been a recurring problem through the late 1830s.
The designation "2nd print" distinguishes it from the earlier plate run; minor differences in impression depth and ink density are the usual tells between the two.