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500 Mil Réis Thesouro Nacional, 6th. Print
| Issuer | Thesouro Nacional (National Treasury of Brazil) |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a polychrome underprint, combining intaglio (chalcography) and lithographic techniques. A central allegorical vignette represents Culture, surrounded by ornate guilloche borders and denomination numerals at the corners. The face of the note carries the full title of the Republic and the treasury payment obligation in letterpress text. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRAZIL (Translation: Republic of the United States of Brazil) |
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Victor Meirelles was Brazil's preeminent academic painter — his enormous canvas depicting the Battle of Guararapes hangs in the Museu Nacional — and his involvement in designing paper currency reflects the post-proclamation republic's deliberate effort to anchor its financial instruments in national cultural prestige. The American Bank Note Company had been engraving Brazilian federal paper since the early imperial period and retained that contract well into the republic, giving this series a continuity of production quality that spans regimes.
The 6th Print designation distinguishes this from earlier emissions of the same denomination, issued under Thesouro Nacional authority during a period when Brazil's monetary system was still absorbing the turbulence of the Encilhamento speculative crash of 1890–91 and its long deflationary aftermath.