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5 Reais Olympic Games Rio 2016 - Running / Sambodrome
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.6 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts the Sambódromo Marquês de Sapucaí (Sambadrome) of Rio de Janeiro, rendered in fine detail with its characteristic tiered grandstands and supporting arches sweeping across the field. The distinctive twin-arched sculptural gateway of Oscar Niemeyer's design rises prominently to the left. Two stylized starburst or firework motifs animate the lower portion of the field. The denomination 5 REAIS is inscribed in the upper right field in large numerals with the word REAIS below, and the date 2015 appears in the lower exergue. |
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Brazil's Olympic commemorative program for Rio 2016 was one of the largest in Games history, with the Banco Central do Brasil issuing an extended series across multiple metals and themes. This piece was struck in 2015 — a full year ahead of the Games — during a period when Brazil's domestic finances were deteriorating sharply, with the country entering a severe recession and President Dilma Rousseff facing the impeachment proceedings that would remove her from office before the torch was even lit.
The Sambódromo Marquês de Sapucaí, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and opened in 1984, was repurposed as the athletics venue — one of the more unusual facility adaptations in modern Olympic history.