20 cruzeiros 1943 — Brazil ( Pick: 136 )
Banknote description
The front side design features a layout noted as 1943-1944, W/o Estampa (1A). The color scheme consists of blue on multicolor guilloches. It includes a handwritten signature. The banknote was produced by the American Bank Note Company in New York.
A total of 1-460 pieces were produced. The 20 cruzeiros denomination was introduced during a period of inflation that prompted the Brazilian government to implement various monetary reforms.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Handwritten signature
- Date of issue
- 1943
- Printing office
- American Bank Note Company, New York
- Paper
- Paper
- Colour
- Blue on multicolor guilloches
- Dimensions
- 157 x 67 mm
- Amount produced
- 1-460
- Pick catalog
- 136
About this banknote
The Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury) of Brazil issued the 20 cruzeiros banknote in 1943, following the currency reform that replaced the real with the cruzeiro at a rate of 1,000 réis to 1 cruzeiro on November 1, 1942. This series, printed by the American Bank Note Company in New York, featured handwritten signatures, a practice that continued until the early 1950s.
The obverse of the banknote displays a portrait of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazil's first president (1889–1891), centered within an ornate frame, with the denomination numerals "20" flanking the portrait. The reverse features an allegorical representation of the Proclamation of the Republic, based on a painting by Cadmo Fausto de Souza. This note was demonetized on February 12, 1967.
