Brazil
Brazil new siganture 2-real note (B874f) confirmed
30 06, 2019 09:55 Category: South America
Brazil new printer imprint 2-real note (B874e) confirmed
05 03, 2019 08:25 Category: South America
Like B874d, but new vertical printer imprint (CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL) at lower right back. Prefix EA, EF.
Courtesy of Sejin Ahn (http://www.facebook.com/myriakorea).
Brazil new signature 20-real note (B877d) confirmed
18 02, 2019 08:31 Category: South America
Like B877c, but new signatures. Prefix GE.
Courtesy of Jacek Stącel.
Brazil new signature 100-real note (B879e) confirmed
04 02, 2019 09:55 Category: South America
Like B879d, but new MINISTRO DA FAZENDA signature: Eduardo Refinetti Guardia (06.04.2018 - 01.01.2019).
Courtesy of Jacek Stącel.
Brazil new signature 50-real note (B878c) confirmed
21 08, 2018 08:42 Category: South America
Like B878b, but new signatures. Prefix GG.
Courtesy of Jean-Luc Chatelain.
Brazil new signature 20-real note (B877c) confirmed
22 01, 2018 08:49 Category: South America
Brazil new signature 5-real note (B875c) confirmed
03 09, 2017 11:34 Category: South America
B875c: Like B875b, but new signatures. Prefix DH.
Courtesy of Clive Brand.
Brazil new signature/imprint 2-reais note (B874d) confirmed
02 05, 2017 09:46 Category: South America
B874d: Like B874c, but new signatures and new printer imprint. Prefix DZ.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Brazil new signature 100-real note (B879d) confirmed
17 12, 2016 15:26 Category: South America
B879d: Like B879c, but new signature. Prefix GG.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Brazil new signature 10-real note (B876c) confirmed
09 12, 2016 08:29 Category: South America
B876c: Like B876b, but new signatures (Henrique Meirelles and Ilan Goldfajn). Prefix EH.
Courtesy of Takis Kouvatseas.
Brazil new signature 20-real note (B877b) confirmed
27 10, 2016 12:32 Category: South America
B877b: Like B877a, but new signatures (Joaquim Levy and Alexandre Antonio Tombini). Prefix DC.
Courtesy of Edward Feltcorn.
Brazil new signature 10-real note (B876b) confirmed
27 10, 2016 12:30 Category: South America
B876b: Like B876a, but new signatures (Joaquim Levy and Alexandre Antonio Tombini). Prefix CJ.
Courtesy of Edward Feltcorn.
Brazil new signature 2-real note (B874c) confirmed
27 10, 2016 12:27 Category: South America
B874c: Like B874b, but new signatures (Henrique Meirelles and Alexandre Antonio Tombini). Prefix DF.
Courtesy of Edward Feltcorn.
Brazil new signature 100-real note (B879c) confirmed
03 12, 2015 08:31 Category: South America
B879c: Like B879b, but new signatures (Joaquim Levy and Alexandre Antonio Tombini). Prefix FG.
Courtesy of Felipe Augusto.
Brazil new signature 5-real note (B875b) confirmed
26 11, 2015 07:54 Category: South America
B875b: Like B875a, but new signature. Prefix CD.
Courtesy of Richard Miranda.
Brazil new signature 2-real note (B874b) confirmed
02 11, 2015 12:12 Category: South America
B874b: Like B874a, but new signatures.
Courtesy of Felipe Augusto.
Challenge: Identify building on back of Brazil 20,000-reais note of 1923
17 11, 2014 19:20 Category: Challenge | South America
Can anyone positively identify the building on the back of the 1923-dated note P116? SCWPM lists it as Monroe Palace, but it doesn't appear to match any views of said building that I could find online.
IDENTIFIED: The Palácio da Liberdade is a building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which was for several years the office of the government of Minas Gerais state.
Courtesy of Wesley Stel.
Brazil chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
10 10, 2013 16:22 Category: The Banknote Book | South America
The Brazil chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers.
This 28-page catalog covers notes issued by the Banco Central do Brasil (Central Bank of Brazil) from 1965 to present. Revised 27 December 2015.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
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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.
Brazil new 10- and 20-real notes confirmed
27 07, 2012 09:23 Category: South America
According to an press release dated 20 July 2012, Brazil's central bank issued new 10- and 20-real banknotes on 23 July 2012. This series of notes will be complete when the 2- and 5-real notes are introduced in 2013.
PNL 10 reais (US$4.90)
Red. Front: Plants; head of República. Back: Arara (macaw) bird. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 REAIS. Watermark: Macaw and electrotype 10. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 135 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Intro: 23.07.2012. Signature Mantega/Tombini.
PNL 20 reais (US$9.80)
Yellow and orange. Front: Plants; head of República. Back: Mico-Leão-Dourado (golden lion tamarin). Solid security thread with demetalized 20 REAIS. Watermark: Golden lion tamarin and electrotype 20. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 156 x 70 mm.
a. 2010. Intro: 23.07.2012. Signature Mantega/Tombini.
Courtesy of Laurence Matuck, Marco Antonio da Silva Freire, Rodrigo Spano, José Fabrício Macêdo, and Thomas Krause.
PNL 10 reais (US$4.90)
Red. Front: Plants; head of República. Back: Arara (macaw) bird. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 REAIS. Watermark: Macaw and electrotype 10. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 135 x 65 mm.
a. 2010. Intro: 23.07.2012. Signature Mantega/Tombini.
PNL 20 reais (US$9.80)
Yellow and orange. Front: Plants; head of República. Back: Mico-Leão-Dourado (golden lion tamarin). Solid security thread with demetalized 20 REAIS. Watermark: Golden lion tamarin and electrotype 20. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 156 x 70 mm.
a. 2010. Intro: 23.07.2012. Signature Mantega/Tombini.
Courtesy of Laurence Matuck, Marco Antonio da Silva Freire, Rodrigo Spano, José Fabrício Macêdo, and Thomas Krause.
Brazil new signature 50-reis note confirmed
17 02, 2012 11:38 Category: South America
50 reais (US$29), 2010. New signature combination (Guido Mantega and Alexandre Tombini).
Courtesy of José Fabrício Macêdo (http://cedulasbrasileiras.blogspot.com).
Brazil new signature 100-reis note confirmed
28 01, 2012 09:02 Category: South America
100 reais (US$58), 2010. New signature combination (Guido Mantega and Alexandre Tombini).
Courtesy of José Fabrício Macêdo (http://cedulasbrasileiras.blogspot.com).
Brazil new signature 20-real note confirmed
07 01, 2012 18:06 Category: South America
20 reals (US$10.80), no date. Like P250, but new signatures (Guido Mantega, Ministro da Fazenda and Alexandre Antônio Tombini, Presidente do Banco Central do Brasil).
Courtesy of José Fabrício Macêdo.
Brazil new signature variety 50-real note reported
18 12, 2011 08:31 Category: South America
50 reals (US$27), 2010. Like new 50-real note issued 13.12.2010, but new signatures (Guido Mantega and Alexandre Antonio Tombini).
Courtesy of www.banknoten.de.
Brazil new signature 5-real note confirmed
06 06, 2011 21:37 Category: South America
5 reais (US$3.15), no date. Like P252, but new signatures (Guido Mantega and Alexandre Antonio Tombini). Intro: 2011.
Courtesy of Alexandre Costa.
Brazil new 50- and 100-real notes confirmed
15 12, 2010 06:47 Category: South America
50 reais (US$29.45), 2010.
Brown and olive green. Front: Jungle plants; head of República. Back: Onça pintada (jaguar). Holographic stripe. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 REAIS. Watermark: Jaguar and electrotype 50. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 149 x 70 mm. Signatures: minister of finance, Guido Mantega, and president of the bank, Henrique Meirelles. Intro: 13.12.2010.
100 reais (US$58.90), 2010.
Aqua and light blue. Front: Underwater plants and starfish; head of República; coral. Back: Garoupa (grouper) fish; coral. Holographic stripe. Solid security thread with demetalized 100 REAIS. Watermark: Grouper and electrotype 100. Printer: CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL. 156 x 70 mm. Signatures: minister of finance, Guido Mantega, and president of the bank, Henrique Meirelles. Intro: 13.12.2010.
For more information, check out this great interactive presentation (in Portuguese).
Courtesy of Marco Antonio da Silva Freire.
Brazil to issue new notes starting 12.12.2010
10 12, 2010 09:52 Category: South America
In a press release dated 3 February 2010, Banco Central do Brasil announced that it intends to issue a new family of paper notes starting with the 50- (US$27) and 100-real (US$55) denominations to be introduced in mid-2010, followed by the 10- ($5.50) and 20-real (U$11) notes in the first half of 2011, and concluding with the 2- (US$1.10) and 5-real (US$2.75) notes in the first half of 2012. During the transition to the new family, the current series will remain legal tender. The release date of the first two notes is now scheduled for 12 December 2010.
The new notes are dated, and will increase in size with the denomination. Along with tactile features, this will assist the sight-impaired in distinguishing between denominations. The notes bear the signatures of the minister of finance, Guido Mantega, and the president of the bank, Henrique Meirelles. The theme of the current family—an effigy of the Republic on the front and Brazilian animals on the back—will be maintained, but the graphics have been redesigned with a horizontal orientation and for enhanced security.
Courtesy of Rafael Augusto Mattos Ferreira, Marco Antonio da Silva Freire, and Rui Manuel Palhares.
Brazil new signature 100-reais note confirmed
20 11, 2008 07:58 Category: South America
100 reais (US$41.85), ND. Like P247, but new signatures (Guido Mantega, MINISTRO DA FAZENDA; Henrique Meirelles, PRESCENTE DO BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL).
Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net and Braz Lomonaco.
Brazil new signature 50-real note (B878d) confirmed
21 08, 2018 08:42 Category: South America
Like B878c, but new signatures. Prefix HB, HF.
Courtesy of Jean-Luc Chatelain.
Brazil new siganture 10-real note (B876d) confirmed
30 06, 2019 09:55 Category: South America
