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100 Cruzeiros 2nd Edition, 1st Type

Issuer Banco Central do Brasil
Year 1970-1981
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Value 100 Cruzeiros (100 BRB)
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Obverse lettering BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 100 100 CRUZEIROS FLORIANO PEIXOTO 100 PRESIDENTE CONSELHO MONETÁRIO PRESIDENTE BANCO CENTRAL
(Translation: Central Bank of Brazil 100 One Hundred Cruzeiros Floriano Peixoto 100 President Monetary Council President Central Bank)
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Protection description Portrait watermark of Floriano Peixoto.
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Brazil's 100 Cruzeiro note went through a prolonged production run split between two presses — the Casa da Moeda do Brasil and Thomas De La Rue in London — a division that created subtle but catalogable differences in ink saturation and paper texture between printings. De La Rue's involvement reflected a capacity shortfall at the domestic mint during the early 1970s, when Brazil's military government was pushing aggressive economic expansion and the money supply couldn't keep up with demand.

Aloísio Magalhães, one of Brazil's most consequential graphic designers, brought a rigorous visual intelligence to the series. He later became director of SPHAN, the federal heritage body, before his death in 1982.

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