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25 Mil Reis
| Issuer | Banco da Bahia |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Currency | Real (1747-1942) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out with a central panel flanked by two vertical side panels, all enclosed within a fine-line border. The heading 'VINTEECINCO MIL REIS' runs along the top and bottom margins, with the numeral '25' at each corner. A central intaglio vignette in the upper right of the main panel shows an ox-cart agricultural scene, while the issuer's name 'Banco' and 'Bahia' appears in large letterpress text to either side of it. Below the vignette, manuscript and printed text identifies the series ('4ª Serie'), serial number, and denomination 'VINTEECINCO MIL REIS', with signature lines for 'O PRESIDENTE' and 'O DIRECTOR' of the Caixa do Banco da Bahia. |
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| Obverse lettering | VINTEECINCO MIL REIS BANCO BAHIA 4ª SERIE CAIXA DO BANCO DA BAHIA VINTEECINCO MIL REIS O PRESIDENTE O DIRECTOR 25 |
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The Banco da Bahia was one of several provincial banks chartered in Brazil during the 1850s under legislation that briefly encouraged decentralized note-issuing — a policy reversed almost immediately, with most provincial banks losing their emission rights by the early 1860s. This note sits right at that inflection point. The bank itself survived in various forms as a commercial institution, but its days as a note issuer were already numbered when this was printed.
Provincial Brazilian notes from this period are genuinely scarce. Low original mintages, tropical storage conditions, and successive currency reforms all worked against survival.