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50 Cruzeiros 3rd edition, overprinted on P# 219
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 50 Cruzeiros (50 BRE) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) at centre-left, with a vignette of the houses and mountains of Itabira, Minas Gerais in the background; below the portrait, a facsimile excerpt from the author's manuscript of 'Prece de um mineiro no Rio' (Prayer of a Mineiro in Rio). A rectangular overprint stamp bearing the new denomination of 50 Cruzeiros is applied to the face of the note, which was originally issued as a 50 Cruzados Novos banknote (P#219). |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade seated at his writing desk, rendered in a detailed engraved style. To the right of the central vignette, the full text of the poem 'Canção Amiga' is reproduced in period typography, accompanied by the denomination numeral 50 at upper-left and lower-right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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