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500 Mil Réis Banco da República do Brasil, 1st. Print
| Issuer | Banco da República do Brasil |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Lithograph in black on polychrome underprint. The central vignette presents an eagle with open wings flanked by allegorical figures of Neptune and Minerva, representing Navigation and Justice respectively. To the right, a composite group of a lighthouse, anchor, globe, and the Republican coat of arms is arranged as a decorative panel; print and series numbers appear in black, with the overprint AMOSTRA in red. |
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| Reverse description | Lithograph in black and pink. The central panel is occupied by a scenic vignette of the harbor at Botafogo Cove in Rio de Janeiro, with the Sugarloaf Mountain visible in the background, rendered in a detailed landscape style typical of late nineteenth-century security printing. Denomination numerals and bank title inscriptions frame the central scene. |
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The Banco da República do Brasil was itself a short-lived institution — formed in 1892 through the forced merger of the Banco do Brasil and the Banco República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, it collapsed in 1896 and was liquidated as part of the broader unwinding of the Encilhamento, Brazil's catastrophic speculative bubble of the early 1890s. This note was printed in Leipzig during that narrow and turbulent window of the bank's existence.
Giesecke & Devrient had become Brazil's preferred security printer by this period, and the 1st Print designation indicates subsequent printings followed — likely as the bank burned through reserves faster than anticipated. The watermark remains the only security feature, which was already conservative for the era.