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100 Cruzeiros 2nd Edition, 1st Type
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1970-1981 |
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| Size | 167 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse description | Purple and violet intaglio printing on pink and multicolour guilloche underprint. A circular vignette to the right contains an engraved portrait of Floriano Vieira Peixoto, 2nd President of the Republic of Brazil, facing three-quarters left. Denomination numerals appear at left and right, with the issuer title across the top. |
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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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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.