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10 cruzados novos

Brazil · 1989

Front of the 10 cruzados novos note from Brazil
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Back of the 10 cruzados novos note from Brazil
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A 10,000 cruzados note of the Banco Central do Brasil, overprinted with a triangular stamp reading 10 cruzados novos when the cruzado novo replaced the cruzado at 1,000 to 1 in January 1989. The front shows the physician and scientist Carlos Chagas, with a drawing of an insect above the overprint. The back shows him at a microscope in a laboratory. Chagas identified the disease that bears his name in 1909.

Ref
148
Country
Brazil
Issuer
Brazil
Denomination
10 cruzados novos
Catalogue number
Pick 218
Date
1989 (catalogue date)
Estimated value
£0.58 to £2.21 · price guide: Numista
Grade
UNC (estimated from photos)
Copies in the collection
1
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