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500 Mil Réis State Bonus, Series E
| Issuer | Tesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul |
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| Year | 1933 |
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| Value | 500 000 Réis (500 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | O THESOURO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR A DOZE MEZES DESTA DATA QUINHENTOS MIL RÉIS e juros de 2% ao anno. Lei Nº 523 de 13 de outubro de 1930. Decretos: Nº 4603, de 18 de outubro de 1931, Nº 4738 de 16 de março de 1931, Nº4817 de 26 de junho de 1931, Nº4937 de 15 de fevereiro de 1932. L.Nº5279 de 24 de Fevereiro de 1933. Porto Alegre 1º de Maio de 1933 BONUS 500 Pinheiro Machado THESOURO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL Lith. Da Livraria do Globo. Porto Alegre (Translation: The Treasury of The State of the Rio Grande do Sul Will pay the bearer, twelve months from this date, Five Hundred Thousand Réis and interest of 2% anually. Law No. 523 of October 13, 1930. Decrees: No. 4603 of October 18, 1931, No. 4738 of March 16, 1931, No. 4817 of June 26, 1931, No. 4937 of February 15, 1932. L.Nº5279 of February 24, 1933. Porto Alegre May 1st, 1933) |
| Reverse description | Black-brown on plain paper. A detailed architectural vignette of the State Treasury building occupies the centre, rendered in fine lithographic line work with classical columns and a glazed roof pavilion visible behind the façade. The numeral "500" appears in diamond-shaped guilloche cartouches at left and right, with ornate lace-pattern borders framing the entire design, and the issuer inscription set in a banner at the foot. |
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The Tesouro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul issued these state bônus as quasi-currency during the early 1930s, a period when Rio Grande do Sul's political relationship with the federal government was openly adversarial. Getúlio Vargas had risen from the state's governorship to seize national power in 1930, and the regional financial apparatus he left behind operated with considerable autonomy — these instruments reflect that independence rather than any breakdown in federal monetary control.
Printed locally by the Livraria do Globo press in Porto Alegre, the note never left the regional supply chain in either production or intended circulation. Series E suggests multiple emission rounds, though precise mintage figures for individual series are not well documented.