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2 Reais Carlos Drummond de Andrade
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter portrait of the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade depicted seated and writing, wearing a jacket and characteristic round-framed spectacles, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. To the right of the portrait, a stylized floral motif — representing a calla lily or similar bloom — rises gracefully alongside flowing curved lines, evoking literary and artistic symbolism. The denomination '2 REAIS' appears in the right field, with the numeral '2' prominently sized and the word 'REAIS' inscribed beneath it. The legend 'BRASIL' is incused in the upper portion of the field. The overall design reflects a refined commemorative aesthetic in the proof finish tradition of the Casa da Moeda do Brasil. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRASIL 2 REAIS |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Carlos Drummond de Andrade's birth, this coin appeared four years after the 1998 centennial year — a scheduling oddity the Banco Central never publicly explained. Drummond, who died in 1987 just nine days after his only daughter, had famously refused state honors during his lifetime, making his posthumous appearance on a commemorative coin a quietly ironic footnote to his biography.