Brazil new 2- and 5-real notes confirmed
07 09, 2013 09:48 Category: South America
According to a Portuguese-language press release dated 29 July 2013, Banco Central do Brasil issued new 2-real and 5-real banknotes, thereby completing the second family of real notes.
BCB B77 (PNL): 2 reais (US$1.05)
Blue and green. Front: Puzzle number as registration device; head of República. Back: TARTARUGA MARINHA (Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill sea turtles) swimming among corals and starfish; puzzle number. No security thread. Watermark: Sea turtle and electrotype 2. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 121 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Signature 42. Intro: 29.07.2013.
BCB B78 (P252): 5 reais (US$2.65)
Purple and blue. Front: Puzzle number as registration device; head of República. Back (vertical): GARÇA (Casmerodius albus, great egret) bird standing in swamp; puzzle number. No security thread. Watermark: Egret and electrotype 5. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 128 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Signature 42. Intro: 29.07.2013.
Courtesy of Cleo Phas and Thomas Augustsson.
BCB B77 (PNL): 2 reais (US$1.05)
Blue and green. Front: Puzzle number as registration device; head of República. Back: TARTARUGA MARINHA (Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill sea turtles) swimming among corals and starfish; puzzle number. No security thread. Watermark: Sea turtle and electrotype 2. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 121 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Signature 42. Intro: 29.07.2013.
BCB B78 (P252): 5 reais (US$2.65)
Purple and blue. Front: Puzzle number as registration device; head of República. Back (vertical): GARÇA (Casmerodius albus, great egret) bird standing in swamp; puzzle number. No security thread. Watermark: Egret and electrotype 5. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 128 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Signature 42. Intro: 29.07.2013.
Courtesy of Cleo Phas and Thomas Augustsson.
