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50 Cruzeiros Reais
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1993-1994 |
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| Weight | 3.92 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a finely detailed, naturalistic portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca), depicted in a resting pose with its head turned to face the viewer, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The animal's characteristic spotted coat, powerful musculature, and alert facial expression are rendered with considerable artistic precision. A rectangular cartouche in the upper right of the field contains the species name 'ONCA PINTADA' inscribed in two lines, serving as both legend and design element. The composition reflects Brazil's wildlife conservation series, celebrating the jaguar as an iconic endangered species native to the South American continent. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONCA PINTADA |
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The Cruzeiro Real was an emergency transitional currency, introduced in August 1993 as Brazil shed yet another monetary identity amid inflation running at several thousand percent annually. It lasted barely a year before being replaced by the Real in July 1994 — the currency that finally stuck, anchored by the Plano Real and the political resolve of Finance Minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
Brazil had cycled through five currencies in under a decade by this point. The 50 Cruzeiros Reais denomination circulated for so brief a window that meaningful wear on surviving examples is genuinely uncommon.