Picture of a Golden lion tamarin to the right on the right stretch of note of 20 Reais. Above the golden lion tamarin the name of the animal in Portuguese: MICO-LEÃO-DOURADO.
Obverse lettering
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Left profile of the personification effigy of the Republic flanked the left by the legend, read from top to bottom: Série Bichos do Real. Below the legend the logo and the CMB acronym of the Brazilian Mint.
Reverse lettering
Série
Bichos
do
Real
CMB (Translation: Series Animals of Real CMB)
Reverse script
Latin
Mint
Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date)