Brazil cruzeiro and cruzado banknotes
Brazilian banknotes across the cruzeiro, cruzado and related currency units before the introduction of the real.
Historical context
Brazil carried out several currency reforms during decades of high inflation, often overprinting existing notes.
Design
- Obverse
- Portraits and allegorical figures
- Reverse
- National scenes
Identification
- Overprints
- Several reforms were implemented by overprinting a new unit on existing notes
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Reform dates, unit names and conversion ratios to be transcribed from central bank sources
- Overprint types to be catalogued
- Pick numbers require transcription