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Obverse Description
Black circular BANCO CENTRAL 5 CRUZEIROS NOVOS overprint; Portuguese text; revolutionary leader, Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier)
Reverse Description
Portuguese text; Tiradentes ante o carrasco (Tiradentes before the executioner) depicting soldiers with rifles, chair with shackles, monks with bible and cross, shirtless Tiradentes, and altar with candles and cross
Catalog Information
GSID:
89281
Variety:
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no s/n; selvage
BNB #:
B808bp
Pick #:
P188
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Request Pricing No date Sig 2 Series 1701-2200 Intro: 1965
Worth: $2 – $30
Diagonal red SPECIMEN and DLR oval ovpts; horizontal red SPECIMEN No # ovpt lower left; all-zero s/n
No date Sig 2 Series 1-493 Intro: 00 08 1966
Worth: $6 – $100
Series 561-590 Intro: 1967
Worth: $6 – $100
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Two diagonal red MODÊLO ovpts
Uniface front proof; no ovpt; no perf; no s/n
No date Sig 2 Title right: MINSTRO… (error) Series 3056-3151 Intro: 13 02 1967
Worth: $2 – $2
Title right: MINISTRO… (corrected) Series 3152-4055
Worth: $2 – $2
No date Sig 2 Title right: MINSTRO… (error) Series 786-1313 Intro: 13 02 1967
Worth: $2 – $2
Title right: MINISTRO… (corrected) Series 1314-1885
Worth: $2 – $2
No date Sig 2 Title right: MINSTRO… (error) Series 416-911 Intro: 13 02 1967
Worth: $3 – $3
Title right: MINISTRO… (corrected) Series 912-1515
Worth: $3 – $3
No date Sig 2 Series 1461-2360 Intro: 13 02 1967
Worth: $1 – $13
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no s/n; selvage
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