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200 Mil Réis State Bonus, Series D
| Issuer | Thesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul |
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| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue on plain paper. A central architectural vignette shows the State Treasury building of Rio Grande do Sul in a detailed lithographic rendering, flanked on each side by the denomination numeral '200' set within ornate guilloche cartouches. Elaborate scrollwork and lace-pattern borders frame the entire composition, with the issuer inscription in a bold panel along the lower margin and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | THESOURO do 200 ESTADO do RIO GRANDE do SUL Lithographia da Livr. Do Globo. Porto Alegre (Translation: Treasury of State of Rio Grande do Sul Lithography of Globo Bookshop. Porto Alegre) |
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The 1932 Rio Grande do Sul state bonuses — of which this Series D 200 Mil Réis is part — were issued during the Revolução Constitucionalista, when the federal government under Getúlio Vargas moved to suppress the São Paulo-led constitutional uprising. Rio Grande do Sul, Vargas's own political base, faced acute liquidity problems as federal fiscal arrangements broke down and the national treasury prioritized military expenditure. State-issued emergency paper was the practical answer.
Lithografia da Livraria do Globo was Porto Alegre's principal commercial press — a bookshop and publisher turned emergency currency printer. The quality reflects that origin: competent regional lithography, not the intaglio precision of a specialized security printer.