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50 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 16th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Value | 50 000 Réis (50 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on a polychrome underprint, combining intaglio and lithographic techniques. The central vignette presents a portrait of Artur da Silva Bernardes, 12th President of the Republic (1922–1926), flanked on both sides by large denomination numeral 50. A diagonal handwritten conference autograph crosses the body of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | CINCOENTA CINCOENTA 50 50 REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL NO THESOURO NACIONAL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE L CINCOENTA 50 CINCOENTA L 50 50 CINCOENTA MIL REIS VALOR RECEBIDO 50 50 CINCOENTA CINCOENTA American Bank Note Company (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil In the National Treasury will be paid to the carrier of this amount of Fifty Thousand Réis Amount Received American Bank Note Company) |
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Brazil's Thesouro Nacional leaned heavily on the American Bank Note Company throughout the early Republic period, and this 16th print of the 50 Mil Réis is part of that long-running dependency. ABNC supplied the majority of Brazilian federal paper during the 1920s, a decade when domestic printing capacity couldn't keep pace with the government's fiscal demands — itself a symptom of the chronic deficit financing that plagued the Old Republic before the 1930 revolution swept it away.
The "16th print" designation reflects Brazil's practice of issuing successive impressions under the same Pick number rather than redesigning. Distinguishing prints requires close attention to control numbers and series letters.