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50 Libres Project for Mercosur Common Currency
| Issuer | Banco Central Mercosur (BCM) - Fantasy Issue |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 50 Libres |
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| Obverse description | Orange ink on multicolor underprint. Central vignette to the left presents a penguin with two chicks; to the right, a cartographic outline of South America. Face value '50' in numeral at lower centre, currency names in three scripts at bottom left, and issuer initials 'BCM' with a wind rose vignette at lower right. A single black manuscript signature appears at left, with the issuing date '© 2010' at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 BCM PRESIDENTE BCM © 2010 ✣ LIBRES ✣ SÂSO ✣ LIVRES (Translation: BCM (Banco Central Mercosur = Central Bank of Mercosur) President BCM) |
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No such institution as the Banco Central Mercosur has ever existed. This is a privately conceived fantasy piece imagining a monetary union that Mercosur — the South American trade bloc founded in 1991 — has formally discussed but never implemented. Several designers and political advocacy groups produced similar proposals in the late 2000s, circulating them as visual arguments for deeper regional integration rather than as any official pilot or prototype.
Nascimento's involvement is documented in Brazilian numismatic circles. Purely a collector curiosity with no legal tender status anywhere.