£3.70
Description
Issued by | Banco Central do Brasil |
Issue | ND (1990-1993) Regular “Cruzeiro” Issue |
Size | 140 x 65 mm |
Printer | Casa da Moeda (Brazil) – CdM |
Watermark | Republic (Liberty head) |
Series | A0001 – A0210 |
Signatures | Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello & Ibrahim Éris |
Obverse | Polychromy in chalcography and offset. In the right, portrait of scientist Augusto Ruschi (1915-1986), flanked by allegories of flora and fauna, highlighting a representation of Cattleya labiata warneri, an orchid that, with dozens of varieties, is the most typical of Espírito Santo and the largest flower of the genus in Brazil. |
Reverse | Polychromy in chalcography. Ruschi examining orchids, highlighting the figure of a hummingbird |