£2.50
Description
Issued by | Banco Central do Brasil |
Issue | ND (1990) Overprint “Cruzeiro” Provisional Issue |
Size | 140 x 65 mm |
Printer | Casa da Moeda (Brazil) – CdM |
Watermark | Republic (Liberty head) |
Series | A3359 – A5338 |
Signatures | Maílson Ferreira Da Nóbrega & Wadico Waldir Bucchi |
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. |
Comment | Overprint on Brazil P-219 |