100 cruzados novos 1989 — Brazil ( Pick: 220 )
Region:
South America
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 100 cruzados novos issued in Brazil in 1989. It is cataloged under Pick number 220. The note's denomination and year place it within a group of documented banknotes.
The front side features an orange, purple, and green design on a multicolor underprint with C. Meireles depicted on the right. The back displays a brown, black, and multicolor design showing a child reading and people dancing. A watermark of a Liberty head is included, and it was printed by Casa da Moeda do Brasil.
This banknote measures 140 x 65 mm. It is signed by Mailson Ferreira Da Nobrega and Elmo de Araujo Camoes. The Cruzado novo replaced the cruzeiro at a rate of 1 cruzado novo to 1,000 cruzeiros on February 28, 1989.
The front side features an orange, purple, and green design on a multicolor underprint with C. Meireles depicted on the right. The back displays a brown, black, and multicolor design showing a child reading and people dancing. A watermark of a Liberty head is included, and it was printed by Casa da Moeda do Brasil.
This banknote measures 140 x 65 mm. It is signed by Mailson Ferreira Da Nobrega and Elmo de Araujo Camoes. The Cruzado novo replaced the cruzeiro at a rate of 1 cruzado novo to 1,000 cruzeiros on February 28, 1989.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Mailson Ferreira Da Nobrega, Elmo de Araujo Camoes
- Date of issue
- 1989
- Printing office
- Casa da Moeda do Brasil
- Paper
- Paper
- Colour
- Orange, Green, Purple and Brown
- Dimensions
- 140 x 65 mm
- Pick catalog
- 220
About this banknote
The Central Bank of Brazil issued the 100 cruzados novos banknote in 1989, during a period of economic reform aimed at controlling hyperinflation. This currency replaced the previous cruzado at a rate of 1 cruzado novo to 1,000 cruzados.
The obverse features a portrait of poet Cecília Meireles, accompanied by her handwritten verses from "Cânticos" and a stylized female profile. The reverse depicts a child reading, a stork, a sailboat, and dancing figures. The banknote measures 140 x 65 mm and was printed by Casa da Moeda do Brasil.
