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2 Reais 2nd. Family, Casa da Moeda do Brasil
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 2013-2023 |
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| Value | 2 Reais |
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| Signature(s) | Guido Mantega and Alexandre Antonio Tombini Joaquim Levy and Alexandre Antonio Tombini Henrique Meirelles and Alexandre Antonio Tombini Henrique Meirelles and Ilan Goldfajn Eduardo Guardia and Ilan Goldfajn (not in catalog) Paulo Guedes and Roberto Campos Neto (not in catalog) Fernando Haddad and Roberto Campos Neto (not in catalog) |
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| Protection description | Electrotype watermark of a hawksbill sea turtle swimming, visible when held to light. |
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| Comments |
The second-family 2 Reais was introduced as part of Brazil's broader effort to refresh its polymer-adjacent cotton substrate notes with updated security features, though the 2 Real denomination has always occupied an awkward commercial position — large enough to matter in daily transactions but small enough that counterfeiting it never attracted serious criminal attention. The note's longevity across a decade reflects inertia as much as design success.
Casa da Moeda do Brasil has printed Brazilian currency domestically since 1694, making it one of the longest-continuously-operating national mints in the Americas. The watermark remains the primary security feature here — modest by contemporary standards for the denomination.