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100 Cruzados Abolition of Slavery, man
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#608, Schön#117 |
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| Obverse lettering | CENTENÁRIO DA ABOLIÇÃO 1888 1988 AXÉ |
| Reverse description | The large bold numeral 100 dominates the center of the field in outlined block letters, with the denomination legend CRUZADOS inscribed within a rectangular frame immediately below. The country name BRASIL appears in a second rectangular panel at the base of the design. A stylized arc and a cluster of five-pointed stars in the upper right field evoke the Brazilian national flag motif. |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the Lei Áurea, signed by Princess Isabel on May 13, 1888 — the law that abolished slavery in Brazil, the last country in the Western Hemisphere to do so. Brazil had imported an estimated 4.9 million enslaved Africans over three and a half centuries, more than any other destination in the transatlantic trade. The centenary commemoration was politically charged; 1988 was also the year Brazil ratified its new democratic constitution after two decades of military rule.