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5 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 9th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on pink and blue underprint, combining intaglio and lithographic techniques. The left portion carries a vignette of a sailor waving from the side of a vessel, with a central vignette of a reclining cherub with crossed arms. To the right, a seated female allegorical figure representing the Muses of the Arts is rendered in classical style, surrounded by emblems of the nine arts. The denomination numeral '5' appears in the corners with the issuing authority inscription across the centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA 5 DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS 5 DO BRAZIL (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil) |
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Brazil's First Republic had barely existed for a year when this note entered circulation. The proclamation of the republic in November 1889 immediately destabilized the monetary system — the Thesouro Nacional was issuing notes in rapid succession to fill a vacuum left by the collapse of imperial financial arrangements. The "9th Print" designation reflects just how quickly successive emissions were being authorized and distributed during this chaotic transitional period.
The American Bank Note Company had been printing Brazilian government paper for decades by this point, a relationship that predated the republic itself. ABNC's New York facility handled much of Latin America's security printing in this period, and the quality of intaglio work on the 1890 emissions remained high regardless of the political turbulence driving the orders.