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5000 Cruzeiros Banco Central do Brasil - reused from the Thesouro Nacional
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in solferino red on a polychrome underprint, combining intaglio (chalcography) and offset techniques, the design is reused from the Tesouro Nacional series. An oval vignette at right bears a portrait of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes (1746–1792), with the legend REPÚBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL arched above and CINCO MIL CRUZEIROS / VALOR LEGAL inscribed below. At left, the print number, serial number, sequence number, and the signature of the President of the Banco Central appear in their respective positions, with corresponding control numerals and the signature of the Finance Minister printed in black at right. |
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| Signature(s) | Denio Chagas Nogueira and Octávio Gouvêa de Bulhões |
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Brazil's transition from the Tesouro Nacional to the Banco Central do Brasil in 1964 created an awkward interim period in which existing printing contracts and plate stock were simply carried over. This note is a direct product of that administrative shortcut — the De La Rue plates prepared for the Tesouro Nacional series were reused without modification, with only the issuing authority text altered to reflect the newly established central bank. The result is a note that is institutionally 1964 but physically continuous with an older design lineage.
At just over 12 million printed, the run was modest for a high-denomination note in an economy already straining under inflation that would eventually force the 1967 cruzeiro novo reform, which redenominated at 1,000 to 1.