Minas Geraes, which experienced significant development in the 18th century thanks to the gold and precious stones that were discovered there, is one of the largest states in Brazil and the second most populated after São Paulo.

External loan issued in 1928 of 1.750 million £ divided into 10,300 bonds (9,000 bonds of 100£).

The purpose of the loan was to completely redeem the External Debt of the State of Minas Geraes and to provide equipment for the Sul Mineira Railway and the Paracatu Railway, to develop the City of Bello Horizonte, to develop mineral water springs in the State, and to grant loans to the Municipality of Bello Horizonte and other Municipalities in the State.

The payment of the coupons and the redemption of the shares were to take place in London at the Counting House of J. Henry Schroder & Co (Countersigned the bond), with Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd and N.M. Rothschild & Sons ("the bankers").

Bond signed by the representative of the Government of the State of Minas Geraes.

Copy of the General Bond securing the State of Minas Geraes printed on the back of this bond.

UNCANCELLED

With attached new coupons from 1998 to 2004, following acceptance of Plan A of Brazilian Decree Law n°06019 of 23rd November 1943.

Very rare! Only few specimens (number 0 or cancelled) have been sold the last few years).

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These bonds are authentic original bonds, sold for their collectible value.

The number of the bond can be different from the picture but will be from the same serie with same characteristics.

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You can read interesting document about the Brazilian Debt:

REESTIMATING THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC DEBT/GDP RATIO: “FISCAL SKELETONS” AND “NEW RICARDIAN” BEHAVIOR, Prepared for the Conference on “Latin America Economies: History and Globalization”, 24th and 25th of April 2009, UCLA

"in 1943 the Brazilian government worked out an extensive renegotiation of the external public debt issued by the
Central Government, States and Municipalities in pound sterling and in dollars during 1883-1931 in the first case, and during 1901-1931 in the second case.
This renegotiation was made with two organizations of bondholders of Brazilian external public debt, “The Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders” in London and “Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.”, in New York. The final agreement gave birth to Decree-Law (DL) 6019/43 in November 25, 1943, that authorized and determined new rules for the retaking of the Brazilian external payments, which by then had been interrupted.
According to the new rules, from January 1, 1944, the payment of interest and of the amortization of the external debt bonds should be realized in accordance with two forms: Plan A and Plan B. The Decree-Law states that “Plan A keeps the nominal and original value of the bond, fixing new and definitive interest rates and amortization quotas".