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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 3rd print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in carmine on greenish paper. The Imperial Arms of Brazil appear at right, while the left side carries an imperial crown with the monogram of Dom Pedro II; at upper center, an allegorical vignette of Agriculture is set within the decorative border. The denomination and the legend IMPERIO DO BRASIL are integrated into the layout alongside a printed serial number and a stamped banknote number. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 IMPERIO DO BRASIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE CINCO MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO 5 (Translation: 5 Five Empire of Brazil At the National Treasury you will pay bearer of this the amount of Five Thousand Réis, amount received. 5 Five) |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch at a moment when the London firm's steel-engraved intaglio printing was considered the hardest technology in the world to counterfeit — a genuine concern in a country where unofficial paper instruments had been circulating in the provinces for decades before the Treasury moved to consolidate control. The 3rd print designation reflects successive tender batches rather than design revisions; the plates themselves remained largely unchanged across prints.
Surviving examples from this issue are genuinely uncommon. Brazilian tropical humidity and the informality of provincial circulation combined to destroy a disproportionate share of the output long before any preservation instinct took hold.