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50 Mil Reis
| Issuer | Banco do Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Value | 50 Mil Reis |
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| Obverse lettering | CINCOENTA MIL REIS BANCO BRAZIL 2a SERIE IMPERIO DO BRAZIL CINQUENTA MIL REIS CAIXA FILIAL da Provincia do RIO GRANDE DO SUL Rs 50$000 o Diretor do Banco o Diretor da Caixa |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain cream-coloured cotton paper with no design elements, text, or ornamentation, consistent with an unissued note of this series. |
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The Banco do Brazil established in Rio Grande do Sul was a regional institution operating under a short-lived decentralized banking experiment in mid-19th century Brazil — distinct from the later centralized Banco do Brasil. The 1856 note predates the consolidation efforts that would eventually collapse these provincial issuing banks by the early 1860s. Bradbury & Evans was primarily known as a London publishing house — the firm printed Punch and worked with Dickens — but maintained a banknote printing operation during this period in partnership with specialist engravers.
Rille & Co. at Whitefriars handled the intaglio work.