BRAZIL

Pick#....................    225b
Banknote Book #   347b
Denomination ....   200 Cruzados overprinted from 200 Cruzeiros
Date.....................    (1990)
Condition…...….    UNC
Comments….......    Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca standing behind chair with Silva Jardim, Benjamim Constant, and Quentino Bocaiuva, head of Republica on front. Oil painting "Patria" (Fatherland) by Pedro (Grund) Bruno with flag being embroidered by family on reverse.  Watermark: Republica bust.

Printer:  Casa da Moeda do Brasil

Cruzeiro = from the Portuguese verb "Cruzar: to bear a cross" - early Portuguese gold or silver coins that bore a cross on reverse.   See my other notes from this country. Image is not exact note in lot. Last image shows watermark.

NEVER A RESERVE !!

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CURRENCY DEN

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