100 Mil Reis BRA Banknote (Brazil Banknote Issue) 1934

100 Mil Reis Brazilian Currency (Issued 1934)

Among the regional treasury issues produced during Brazil’s early republican period, this 100 Mil Reis bônus of 1934 belongs to a family of state-level emergency and supplementary currency instruments rather than a centralised federal emission. The Estado do Rio Grande do Sul issues of this era share a common visual language of oval portrait medallions, dense guilloché ornamentation and formal typographic convention. At the 100 Mil Reis denomination, the design achieves its fullest expression of that aesthetic, with a larger central portrait field and more elaborate surrounding framework than the lower values in the same series. The note functions simultaneously as a fiscal instrument and a statement of regional economic authority during a turbulent decade in Brazilian monetary history.

On the front, the dominant feature is a finely engraved oval portrait medallion positioned at the centre of the note, depicting Silveira Martins — the full name is printed beneath the oval in small, clearly legible capital letters — who was the prominent Rio Grande do Sul statesman and republican-era political figure. The portrait shows a bearded man of mature years, rendered in detailed intaglio engraving with fine cross-hatching capturing the texture of his beard and the folds of his formal attire. Flanking the portrait on both the left and right are large, boldly printed numerals “100” set within intricately worked guilloché rosette panels, each surrounded by delicate lathe-work geometric borders. The background of the note is printed in an olive-green and brown tonal range, with dense engine-turned patterns filling every available space between the principal design elements. Across the upper portion of the note, in prominent arched lettering, reads “ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL”, identifying the issuing state authority, and immediately below this runs a horizontal legend reading “O THESOURO PAGARÁ AO PORTADOR A 2 MEZES DESTA DATA” — a promise-to-pay clause referencing a two-month term. “BÔNUS” appears prominently in the upper corners on both the left and right sides of the note. The series designation “SÉRIE F” is printed to the upper left, and a serial number “Nº 014647” appears twice in the lower register, printed in red ink and flanked by hand-applied manuscript signatures. The place and date of issue, “PORTO ALEGRE, 12 DE MAIO DE 1934”, is printed in the lower right portion of the note. Along the very bottom, the denomination is stated in full in bold serif capitals: “CEM MIL REIS”, and “BÔNUS” is repeated in both lower corners. A printer’s imprint reading “LIT. DA LIVRARIA DO GLOBO — ALEGRE” is visible at the foot of the note. The entire composition is worn and bears the patina of circulation, with handwritten annotations and signatures overlaid across the central field.

The reverse of this bônus issue is not presented in this image; however, state treasury bônus of this type from Rio Grande do Sul were typically printed with a comparatively plain reverse carrying repeated text elements, denomination statements and further guilloché border work in a matching olive and brown palette, with the paper itself providing the primary security through its texture and any embedded watermark features consistent with Brazilian fiscal paper of the period.

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