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100 Cruzeiros
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1992-1993 |
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| In circulation to | 1993 |
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| Obverse lettering | BRASIL 1993 100 cruzeiros (Translation: Brazil 1993 100 Cruzeiros) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a manatee in left-facing profile, rendered with naturalistic detail including characteristic wrinkled skin consistent with the Amazon manatee (Trichechus inunguis), a freshwater species endemic to the Amazon basin. The animal's rounded body, paddle-like flippers, and blunt snout are clearly delineated in low relief against a plain field. The Portuguese vernacular name PEIXE-BOI is inscribed above the figure in a curved legend. The design forms part of a wildlife conservation series celebrating Brazil's endangered fauna. |
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Brazil's monetary system was unraveling badly by 1992. The cruzeiro had replaced the cruzado novo in 1990 as part of the Collor Plan — an economic shock program that famously froze private bank accounts overnight — but inflation continued accelerating toward the hyperinflationary collapse that would eventually demand yet another currency replacement. The cruzeiro real followed in 1993, itself lasting barely a year before the real finally stabilized things in 1994.
This 100-cruzeiro piece was effectively obsolete almost as soon as it circulated.