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Secret Argent Man Valued Member United States 320 Posts	Posted 11/27/2011 11:10 pm So I was in the US Currency section, replying to a post about a "short snort" which is where people sign bills as kind of a drinking game. Much like the challenge coins of today. so I purchased a couple of bills I thought might be short snorts and I'm trying to do research on them to confirm. In googling it seems there's a lot of brazilian currency from this time period which is hand-signed on the front? Apparently by the governmental authorities? That just seems so odd and cumbersome to me. Maybe there wasn't a whole lot of currency issued but it seems someone would still get bad writer's cramp! I am just curious how this worked and if a signature denotes something special or if different signatures mean different things or what. Edited by Secret Argent Man 11/27/2011 11:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 11/28/2011 12:36 am 1 Cruezeiro ND(1944)P#132. 10 Mil Reis E17A(1925) P#39d. I'm not sure about the second signature at the upper left on the 10 Mil Reis. Could have been addad later by someone not connected with the issue. As you point out it would have been crippling work for anyone to 'handwrite' every note. I wonder if they were mimeographed after the note was printed. So here goes my theory. Manufactured by the American Bank Note Company. Transported to Brazil uncut. Signature mimeographed. Sheets then cut for issue. Report this Post to the Staff
lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 1:35 pm The signature across the protrait on these Brazilian notes are handsigned. The signatures are not mimeographed as has been suggested. The signatures were for validation and were applied in Brazil. Report this Post to the Staff
huckles888 Valued Member Australia 146 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 8:37 pm Early issue notes for the "Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank" in hong Kong were also "signed" Agree with you Secret Argent Man that it would have been cumbersome but they do make for fascinating pieces Report this Post to the Staff
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