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5 Libres Project for Mercosur Common Currency
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 5 Libres |
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| Obverse description | Blue ink on multicolour underprint. A vignette of a samba dancer occupies the left portion of the note, with an outline of the South American continent to the right. The face value numeral appears at lower centre, currency names in multiple languages along the lower left, and a wind rose vignette at lower right alongside the issuer's initials. One black manuscript signature is placed to the left, with the issue date at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 BCM PRESIDENTE BCM © 2010 ✣ LIBRES ✣ SÂSO ✣ LIVRES (Translation: BCM (Banco Central Mercosur = Central Bank of Mercosur) President BCM) |
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| Comments |
Never issued, never circulated. This is a design proposal — one of several submitted during discussions about a hypothetical common currency for the Mercosur trade bloc, an idea that gained intermittent political traction in the 2000s but never advanced to any formal monetary agreement. The name "Libre" was itself a proposal, chosen for its obvious symbolism across Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking member states.
Nascimento's entry was a Brazilian submission, not an official Banco Central do Brasil commission. No printing contract followed.