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Brazil
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

República Federativa do Brasil

Capital Brasilia
Population (millions) 196.3
Area (sq km) 8,511,965
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 9,500

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 15th All varieties 4
Year of the first polymer issue 2000 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 2
Current status Paper Regular 2
New polymer issues expected? No Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Words of José dos Santos Barbosa, Head of the Currency Management Department (Jefe del Departamento de Tesorería) of the Banco Central do Brasil: "We are introducing 125 million plastic notes this year [2000] and another 125 million in 2001, in order to monitor their performance, as well as the public's general perception ... We are not thinking about changing all currency in circulation for now, but if the test goes well, we could consider this possibility." No decision by the Banco Central do Brasil on the future issues of polymer bank notes has been reached so far, despite the positive experience of the BCB with polymer notes.

 

 

 

 

Central Bank of Brazil

Banco Central do Brasil (Português)

 

 

 

 

Governor Minister of Finance

Arminio Fraga Neto
(04.03.99 to 01.01.03)

Pedro Malan
 

 

 

 

1999 Management report: Currency in circulation

2000 Management report: Currency circulation environment

 

Central Bank of Brazil Annual reports: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

 

Proof notes / Brazil

 

Results of the circulation trial of a R$10 polymer note commemorating the fifth centenary of the discovery of Brazil

By João Sidney, BCB; 2009.

 

Polymer bank note: two years of Brazilian experience (1)

By the Currency Management Department, Banco Central do Brasil; 2003.

Polymer bank note: two years of Brazilian experience (2)

By the Currency Management Department, Banco Central do Brasil; 2003.

 

 

Bank notes for sale (additional offers)

 

 

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

 

This table shows additional offers:

 

PIC REF. DESCRIPTION PRICE BUY
S1R1b P248a. 10 Real. Pedro A. Cabral.
Note in folder. [P248a] Image
€19.00
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Brazil S1 Real 10  140x65 P248 CdM Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 2000 Fraga Neto-Malan SPECIMEN; 1st series; serial number A 0000000000 D not given F  B
images from Vanjo Grobljar
S1S2 2000 Fraga Neto-Malan SPECIMEN; 2nd series; without specimen number and without zero serial number

not given

F  B
S1R1 2000 Fraga Neto-Malan 1st series; Pedro A. Cabral; serial numbers starting with A 0586 and below [P248a] €13.00
F  B
S1R2 2000 Fraga Neto-Malan 2nd series; Pedro Álvares Cabral; serial numbers starting with A 0587 and above [P248b] €34.50
F  B
 

 

S1R1 issued on 22.04.00. 250 million of S1 bank notes were printed.

 

View an early design of S1. Banco Central do Brasil's description of S1.

 

 

Differences between the 1st and the 2nd series

 

An official notice 8.016 (Português), released on 22.11.00, introduced the following changes to the design of the bank note, starting with the series A 0587:

 

(1) The name "Pedro A. Cabral" changed to "Pedro Álvares Cabral";

(2) The wording "Deus seja louvado" (God is praised) printed in darker orange;

(3) Blind embossing more emphasised (inkless number 10 printed on the transparent window in high profile);

(4) Hidden images B and C (Banco Central) emphasised at the lower left corner of the obverse.

 

The characteristics of the first version of the bank note are explained in the official notice 7.466, released on 20.04.00.

 

 

Brazil, 10 Reals, issued in 2000. Issued to commemorate 500 years of the discovery of Brazil. Front: Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467-1520), a Portuguese navigator, who discovered Brazil on 22nd April 1500. A map of Brazil, one of the first representations of the new land, in the centre. A wind rose, a navigational instrument, at left. Five vessels of the Cabral's expedition at right. Portuguese Cross of the Order of Christ, a symbol, carried by the Portuguese vessels of the time, at far right. Back: A map of Brazil and people's faces, portraying the typical Brazilian people, representing the ethnic and cultural plurality of contemporary Brazil.

 

 

Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467-1520)