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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 7th print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional |
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| Year | 1869-1874 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A257 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio on sepia lithographic underprint. At left, a vignette of a seated allegorical female figure with a cherub at her feet; at right, a bust portrait of Emperor D. Pedro I. The upper centre bears the Arms of the Empire above an allegorical transport scene, with the inscription IMPERIO DO BRASIL; notes may be encountered with or without a stamped serial number. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in sepia by intaglio. The central design presents an oval medallion bearing the inscription IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL, enclosed within ornamental borders rendered in Marajoara-style geometric patterns. |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional relied heavily on the American Bank Note Company throughout the mid-nineteenth century, a relationship born partly from the absence of adequate domestic printing infrastructure and partly from ABNCo's dominance in supplying secure intaglio work to Latin American governments. The 7th print designation within the A257 series reflects successive contract issues rather than design changes — the core plate remained consistent across prints, with differentiation tracked through serial prefixes and occasionally ink color shifts.
The 1869–1874 window spans a period when Brazil was still absorbing the fiscal strain of the Paraguayan War, and treasury note emissions were a direct instrument of wartime and post-war deficit management.