Pedro Álvares Cabral; Discovery
Information:
| Reference | P#248 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Period | Real (1994-date) |
| Currency | Reais |
| Denomination | 10 Reais |
| Type | Circulating commemorative |
| Issuing bank | Central Bank of Brazil |
| Year | 2000-2001 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Polymer |
| Demonetized | No |
| Size (WxH) | 140x65 mm |
Obverse:
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Latin
Obverse textBANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
10
PEDRO A.
CABRAL
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
PRESIDENTE DO
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
Dez Reais
Obverse symbolBlue and orange on polychrome, in calchography and offset.
Efigy of Pedro Álvares Cabral, the Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil on 4/22/1500 and the Terra Brasilis map, one of the first representations of the new land. On the background, by the left, a section of the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha to the King Manuel I of Portugal, the first document of brazilian history, in which he described the newly discovered land.
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse textCASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL
Dez Reais
10
Brasil
1500-2000
Reverse symbolPolychrome, in calchography and offset.
Stylized version of the map of Brazil, formed by pictures. Some of them contain faces typical of the Brazilian people (Indian, white, black and mestizo), portraying the ethnic and cultural plurality of contemporary Brazil.
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Varieties
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
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| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| ND (2000) | Series: #A0009...C; Print error - Should be A0009...D | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ND (2000) | Series: #0211 AD; Replacement (without ✻) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| ND (2000) | Series: #A0001 - A0586 (Stamp D); Name as "PEDRO A. CABRAL" | - | - | $2,40 | $11,00 | $11,00 | $21,00 | ||
| ND (2000) | Series: #A0001; Special folder | - | - | - | - | - | $17,00 | ||
| ND (2000) | Specimen (MODELO / SEM VALOR) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| ND (2001) | Series: #A0587 - A2536 (Stamp D); Name as "PEDRO ÁLVARES CABRAL" | - | - | $7,00 | $9,00 | $14,00 | $25,00 | ||
| ND (2001) | Specimen (MODELO / SEM VALOR) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||