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10 Mil Reis

Issuer Thesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Year 1933
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Obverse description Printed in blue-violet intaglio, the obverse carries a portrait vignette of Getúlio Vargas at left within an oval frame, alongside a large guilloche numeral '10' at center-right. The heading 'O THESOURO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL' arches across the top, with the denomination 'DEZ MIL REIS' inscribed in bold letterpress below. The date 'Porto Alegre, 1º de Maio de 1933' and a manuscript signature appear at lower right, with the series letter and serial number printed at lower left and upper right respectively.
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Reverse lettering THESOURO DO
ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
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Rio Grande do Sul's state treasury issued this note during an unusual window of quasi-autonomous fiscal activity that followed the 1930 revolution, which brought Getúlio Vargas — a gaúcho — to national power. The state retained enough political leverage in the early 1930s to continue issuing its own paper, an arrangement that had largely disappeared elsewhere in Brazil by that point.

Printing by the Livraria do Globo's lithographic shop is noteworthy — the Porto Alegre publisher was primarily known for books and periodicals, not fiduciary instruments. Regional necessity, not specialist capacity, explains the commission.

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