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500 Cruzeiros Thesouro Nacional, 2nd print, Autographed
| Issuer | Tesouro Nacional do Brasil |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | Cruzeiro (1942-1967) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL SE PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR DESTA A QUANTIA DE NO TESOURO NACIONAL 500 500 QUINHENTOS CRUZEIROS DOM JOÃO VI VALOR RECEBIDO THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Republic of United States of Brazil will be paid to the bearer of this the sum of Five Hundred Cruzeiros in the National Treasury 500 500 Five Hundred Cruzeiros Dom João VI Value Received Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 500 REPÚBLICA DOS ABERTURA DOS PORTOS 500 500 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: 500 500 Republic of the United States of Brazil Opening of the Ports 500 500 United States of Brazil Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.) |
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Brazil's Tesouro Nacional leaned heavily on Thomas De La Rue through the late 1940s as the Casa da Moeda struggled to meet postwar volume demands. This second print of the P#148 carried handwritten authorization signatures — a requirement that persisted on high-denomination Tesouro notes well into this period, distinguishing them from contemporaneous Banco do Brasil issues where facsimile signatures had already become standard practice.
The autograph requirement made production slower and introduced variability in signature legibility that now complicates authentication. Forged signatures on De La Rue-printed Brazilian notes of this denomination are a documented concern.