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2 Libres Project for Mercosur Common Currency
| Issuer | Banco Central Mercosur (BCM) - Fantasy Issue |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 BCM PRESIDENTE BCM © 2010 ✣ LIBRES ✣ SÂSO ✣ LIVRES (Translation: BCM (Banco Central Mercosur = Central Bank of Mercosur) President BCM) |
| Reverse description | Blank. |
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This is a fantasy note — no such institution as the Banco Central Mercosur exists, and no Mercosur common currency has ever been authorized, issued, or formally adopted. The "libre" denomination is a deliberate choice: the name references the Spanish and Portuguese word for "free" while echoing the monetary union aspirations that Brazilian and Argentine economists debated seriously in the early 2000s, particularly following the 2002 Argentine peso collapse, when regional currency alternatives briefly attracted genuine political attention.
Emerson Julião do Nascimento designed several such speculative pieces, circulated among collectors as artistic-political commentary rather than deception. No redemption value, no issuing authority, no legal standing anywhere in the bloc.