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100 000 Cruzeiros Fantasy note
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil (fantasy/pretended issuer) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-style printing on a light blue underprint, with a central vignette of the celebrated soapstone prophets (Doze Profetas) attributed to Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as Aleijadinho, rendered in bold relief. The pretended issuer name BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL appears at upper left, with the face value in numerals at lower left and upper right corners and in words at lower centre; a ten-digit serial number with one-letter prefix and one-letter suffix is placed at upper left and lower right. Two facsimile signatures with printed titles appear at right, and the pretended printer name is inscribed along the left edge; no issuing location or date is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 100000 A0000000000A CASA DE MOEDA DO BRASIL MINISTRA DA ECONOMIA, FAZENDA E PLANEJAMENTO PRESIDENTE DO BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL CEM MIL CRUZEIROS (Translation: Central Bank of Brazil Brazilian Mint Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning President of the Central Bank of Brazil One Hundred Thousand Cruzeiros) |
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Not a genuine emission of the Banco Central do Brasil, but a fantasy piece produced — somewhat paradoxically — by the Casa da Moeda do Brasil, the official state mint and security printer. The attribution of CMB as printer is not speculative; the institution has produced souvenir and commemorative material outside its mandate of legal tender, and this falls into that category.
No 100,000 cruzeiro note was ever issued. Brazil's cruzeiro was replaced by the cruzado in 1986 at a rate of 1,000 to 1, well before any denomination this large could have entered circulation.