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2 Mil Réis Banco do Brasil, 1st. Print
| Issuer | Banco do Brasil |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black intaglio over a polychrome lithographic underprint, the obverse carries an oval portrait vignette at right of Prudente José de Morais Barros, third President of the Republic (1894–1898). The denomination numeral 2 appears in panels flanking the medallion on both sides. Inscriptions around the vignette identify the issuing authority and cite Law No. 4635-A of 8 January 1923 as the legal basis for issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DO BRASIL 2 2 2 ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL 15 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1889 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Bank of Brazil United States of Brazil November 15, 1889 American Bank Note Company) |
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Banco do Brasil's 1923 series was printed by the American Bank Note Company during a period when Brazil's federal government was consolidating note-issuing authority — a process that would eventually strip private and state banks of that privilege entirely by the late 1920s. The ABNC's New York plant handled the bulk of Brazilian federal note production through this period, and the quality of intaglio work on this series reflects the firm's full commercial capabilities rather than any economy printing.
The "1st Print" designation distinguishes this from later impressions of the same design, which differ in plate details detectable primarily under magnification.