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50 Mil Réis 3rd.Banco do Brazil, Series A,B,C
| Issuer | Banco do Brazil |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Black on green underprint, executed in lithography and chalcography. At left, a standing figure of Saint Sebastian; at right, an oval medallion with a young girl; at centre, a vignette of the Discovery of Brazil. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 NO BANCO DO BRAZIL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR CINCOENTA MIL RÉIS valor recebido. VINTE CINCO (Translation: In Bank of Brazil will be paid to the bearer Fifty Thousand Reis amount received.) |
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The third Banco do Brazil — a private institution reconstituted in 1851 — issued this series through the American Bank Note Company at a moment when Brazil's coffee export revenues were financing a genuine expansion of commercial credit. ABNC had secured a near-monopoly on Brazilian security printing by the 1860s, outcompeting European rivals largely on the strength of their steel-engraved intaglio work and reliable delivery schedules.
The A, B, C series designation reflects sequential authorization tranches rather than any design change between series — the plates remained the same.