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50 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 11th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Size | 184 × 82 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE 50 CINCOENTA MIL RÉIS VALOR RECEBIDO AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil in the National Treasury the holder will be paid the amount of 50 Fifty Thousand Reis Amount Received American Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Reverse description | Printed in olive-green intaglio throughout. The central vignette, set within an oval frame, presents a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain rising above the bay and the city spread across the foreground. Dense guilloche lacework fills all four corners, with the denomination numeral "50" repeated at each corner and flanked by circular medallions bearing the value. |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional relied heavily on American Bank Note Company through this period, a relationship that stretched back decades and reflects how thoroughly the post-imperial republic outsourced its security printing to New York. This is the 11th print of the 50 Mil Réis type, meaning the plates had already seen considerable use before this run — successive prints in the series can show subtle variations in impression depth and ink density that experienced collectors use to distinguish them without reference numbers.
The 1908 date places this note squarely in the Campos Sales–era fiscal stabilization aftermath, when Brazilian federal paper still carried the reputational weight of the 1890s encilhamento inflation crisis.