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5000 cruzeiros

Brazil · 1981–85

Front of the 5000 cruzeiros note from Brazil
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Back of the 5000 cruzeiros note from Brazil
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Issued by the Banco Central do Brasil in the early 1980s, in a series with mirrored double portraits. One side shows President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco twice, one image inverted against the other. The other side shows large dish antennas for telecommunications. Castelo Branco was the first president of the military government that took power in 1964, serving until 1967.

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168
Country
Brazil
Issuer
Brazil
Denomination
5000 cruzeiros
Catalogue number
Pick 202
Date
1981–85 (catalogue date)
Estimated value
£0.59 to £2.06 · price guide: Numista
Grade
UNC (estimated from photos)
Copies in the collection
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