Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Cruzeiros 3rd edition
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Brazil |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The left portion of the reverse carries a vignette representing the world of childhood — evoking fantasy, learning, and imagination. The right side is filled with reproductions of drawings executed by Meireles herself, drawn from her scholarly studies on Brazilian folklore, popular songs, and traditional dances, composing a unified decorative panel. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 100 CEM CRUZEIROS (Translation: 100 Hundred Cruzeiros) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
This note belongs to the short-lived Cruzeiro series reintroduced in March 1990 under the Collor Plan — one of the most aggressive monetary shock programs in Brazilian history. President Collor's government froze approximately 80% of all private financial assets overnight, meaning enormous quantities of newly printed Cruzeiro notes sat locked in bank vaults rather than circulating freely. The 100 Cruzeiros denomination was effectively obsolete within two years as inflation continued to erode purchasing power.
The print run of just over twelve million is modest by Brazilian standards of the period, when hyperinflationary conditions routinely demanded replenishment runs of nine-figure quantities for higher denominations.