Brazil 10 Reais ND (2000)

Pedro Álvares Cabral; Discovery

Series: #0211 AD; Replacement (without ✻)

Brazil 10 Reais, 2000-2001 P-248 obverse
Brazil 10 Reais, 2000-2001 P-248 reverse

Information:

Rarity R - Rare
Date Variety Iss. VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (2000) Series: #0211 AD; Replacement (without ✻) + - - - - - -
Reference AINotes#C331CláudioPatrickAmato,
Country Brazil
Period Real (1994-date)
Issuing bank Central Bank of Brazil
Currency Reais
Denomination 10 Reais
Type Circulating commemorative
Year 2000-2001
Shape Rectangular
Composition Polymer
Demonetized No
Size (WxH) 140x65 mm

Obverse:

Brazil 10 Reais, 2000-2001 P-248
Latin

Obverse text

BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 10 PEDRO A. CABRAL MINISTRO DA FAZENDA PRESIDENTE DO BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL Dez Reais

Obverse symbol

Blue 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.

Reverse:

Image 1
Latin

Reverse text

CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL Dez Reais 10 Brasil 1500-2000

Reverse symbol

Polychrome, 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.