Catalog
5000 Cruzeiros 2nd Edition, 2nd Type
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1981-1985 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: José Maria das Neves Reverse: Dauro Alves de Sá |
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| Obverse description | The note is oriented vertically and carries two mirror-image vignettes arranged symmetrically on the vertical axis, each centred on an intaglio portrait of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of the Republic from 1964 to 1967. Denomination numerals and the issuing authority inscription flank the portrait within a guilloche underprint. The printer's imprint appears at the base of each panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also oriented vertically, presents two symmetrically inverted panels on the vertical axis, each centred on a pictorial vignette of a hydroelectric dam overlaid with satellite dish motifs, alluding to Brazil's energy and telecommunications infrastructure. Denomination numerals and official title inscriptions relating to the National Monetary Council and the Central Bank are distributed within a guilloche underprint framing each panel. |
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The signature combinations on this note trace Brazil's economic turbulence through the early 1980s. Ernane Galvêas held the Finance Ministry post across the full run of series A and into B, pairing first with Langoni then Pastore at the Central Bank — Pastore resigned in January 1985 amid disagreements with the IMF over monetary targets, which is precisely why the short-lived Dornelles/Lemgruber pairing on the final B2119–B2342 prefix exists at all. That closing sequence is the scarcest in the issue.
Aloísio Magalhães, the designer credited here, died in July 1982 — well before this series concluded printing.