Brazil 500 Cruzados ND (1988)

BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 500 CONSIDERO MINHAS OBRAS COMO CARTAS QUE ESCREVI À POSTERIDADE SEM ESPERAR RESPOSTA PRESIDENTE DO CONSELHO MONETÁRIO NACIONAL PRESIDENTE DO BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL DEUS SEJA LOUVADO VILLA LOBOS 500 QUINHENTOS CRUZADOS CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL

Portrait of Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on a piano keyboard, with the left representing a Victoria amazonica in bloom. In the background an excerpt from the score of the work "Uirapuru". The set of images is flanked by the phrase "Considero minhas obras como cartas que escrevi à posteridade sem esperar resposta" (I consider my works as letters that I wrote to posterity without waiting for a response), given by the maestro, repeatedly written in two overlapping lines, each for a line on each side.

CONSIDERO MINHAS OBRAS COMO CARTAS QUE ESCREVI À POSTERIDADE SEM ESPERAR RESPOSTA 500 500 QUINHENTOS CRUZADOS

In the background, an engraving based on the work of Johann Moritz Rugendas, representing a primitive Brazilian forest on the bank of a river, where a canoe appears carrying people. The set of images is flanked by the phrase "Considero minhas obras como cartas que escrevi à posteridade sem esperar resposta" ("I consider my works as letters that I wrote to posterity without waiting for a response"), given by the conductor, repeatedly written in two overlapping lines, each for a line on each side.