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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 |
