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50 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 10th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Reference(s) | P#52 |
| Obverse description | Printed in sepia on green and brown underprint by lithography, the obverse presents seated child figures as flanking vignettes at left and right margins. At center-left, a circular medallion carries a profile portrait of a woman as an Allegory of the Republic, while blank watermark panels at center-right and at the bottom reserve spaces for a female profile watermark and the legend CINCOENTA MIL RÉIS. Stamp, serial, and order numbers are overprinted in red. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in sepia on green and brown underprint by lithography, the reverse is dominated by a central panel bearing a panoramic view of the harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Denomination numerals appear at both left and right, framing the central vignette within a restrained border design consistent with the lithographic style of the series. |
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The 10th Print designation marks this as part of a long-running series of successive impressions from the same plates — a practice the Casa da Moeda continued well past the point where the underlying plate quality was holding up. By the later impressions, ink transfer could be noticeably uneven, and collectors have long noted that distinguishing prints requires careful attention to the overprinted numbering and serial characteristics rather than design differences, which remained fixed.
Duval's design and Crosbie's engraving were French in origin and execution, commissioned during a period when Brazilian printing infrastructure, though improving, still leaned on European artistic talent for prestige currency work — even when the physical printing was done domestically at the Rio facility.