Brazil P-219a / 50 Cruzados Novos 1989 – UNC

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Issued by Banco Central do Brasil
Issue ND (1989-1990) Regular “Cruzado Novo” Issue
Size 140 x 65 mm
Printer Casa da Moeda (Brazil) – CdM
Watermark Republic (Liberty head)
Series A0001 – A3340
Signatures Maílson Ferreira Da Nóbrega & Elmo de Araújo Camões
Obverse Portrait of Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987), with the houses and mountains of Itabira, MG appearing in the background and below an excerpt from the author’s manuscript, entitled “Prece de um mineiro no Rio” (Prayer of a Mineiro in Rio).
Reverse A picture depicts the poet at his desk, in the office of writing. To the right of the engraving, the verses of the poem Canção Amiga are reproduced.