10 000 Cruzeiros 3rd edition

Issuer	Banco Central do Brasil
Year	1991-1993
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Printer	Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil
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Obverse description	At left, an intaglio vignette of scientist Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha (1865–1950) in three-quarter portrait, accompanied by a subsidiary engraved scene illustrating a classic venom extraction procedure — the foundational process in the production of antiophidic serums. Guilloche underprint fills the field, with denomination numerals and issuer inscriptions arranged around the central vignette.
Obverse lettering	BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 10 000 CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL VITAL BRAZIL MINISTRO DA FAZENDA PRESIDENTE DO BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 10 000 DEZ MIL CRUZEIROS (Translation: Central Bank of Brazil 10 000 Mint of Brazil Vital Brazil Finance Minister President of the Brazilian Central Bank Ten Thousand Cruzeiros)
Reverse description	A large engraved panel composition evoking the interior of a historic serpentarium, with a central scene rendered in intaglio illustrating a mussurana snake in the act of consuming a jararaca, underscoring the ecological and scientific context of Vital Brazil's research. Guilloche patterning fills the surrounding field, with denomination numerals repeated in the corners.
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