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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 4th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1852 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black on white paper. The left side carries the Arms of the Empire, while the right side bears an imperial crown with the initials of D. Pedro II; a vignette of Justice as allegory occupies the upper centre, framed by the inscription IMPERIO DO BRASIL. The note includes a typeset serial number and a hand-stamped banknote number. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted and shows the plain paper surface, with show-through of the obverse intaglio impression visible under certain angles. |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional turned to Perkins, Bacon & Petch for this series at a time when the firm's steel-engraved intaglio work was the global benchmark for security printing — the same house had produced early stamps for Britain and several South American republics. The designation "4th print" reflects a serial reordering by collectors and cataloguers rather than any meaningful change in plate design between print runs; the distinction matters primarily for serial number ranges and paper batch differences.
Brazilian treasury notes of this period circulated alongside competing emissions from the Banco do Brasil, creating persistent public confusion over which paper instruments carried full government backing. The 1852 date places this squarely in that contested period before the 1853 banking reforms consolidated issuance authority.