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50 Cruzados Novos
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1989-1990 |
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| Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of the celebrated Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) is centered against a background vignette of the houses and mountain landscape of Itabira, Minas Gerais. Below the portrait, a facsimile excerpt from the poet's manuscript of 'Prece de um mineiro no Rio' (Prayer of a Mineiro in Rio) is reproduced in intaglio. Denomination numerals, the Banco Central do Brasil title, and the bilingual inscription 'DEUS SEJA LOUVADO' appear alongside signature panels and the spelled-out value 'CINQÜENTA CRUZADOS NOVOS'. |
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| Protection description | Effigy of the Republic watermark visible when held to light |
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The Cruzado Novo was born from the Plano Verão of January 1989, a stabilization attempt that lopped three zeros off the Cruzado and rebranded the currency — Brazil's fourth rename in under a decade. It lasted barely eighteen months before hyperinflation rendered it equally worthless, and the Cruzeiro was reintroduced in March 1990 under Collor's incoming government.
The two signature combinations reflect genuine ministerial turnover: Wadico Waldir Bucchi replaced Elmo de Araújo Camões as Banco Central president late in the series run, making the A3341–A3358 range the scarcer pairing.