20 Reais 1st family

Features

Issuer	Brazil
Period	Federative Republic of Brazil (1967-date)
Type	Standard banknote
Years	2002-2010
Value	20 Reais 20.00 BRL = USD 3.96
Currency	Real (1994-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	140 × 65 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 204240 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# 250 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Symbolic effigy of the Republic, interpreted in the form of sculpture.
Left, tactile mark with two bars, for the visually impaired (Braille system)

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 20
00 DEUS SEJA LOUVADO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
PRESIDENTE DO
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
20
REAIS

Translation:
Brazilian Central Bank 10
00
God Be Praised
Finance Minister
President of the Brazilian Central Bank
10 Reais

Reverse

A golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) on a tree branch in the forest, with forest vegetation in the background.

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 20
DEUS SEJA LOUVADO
MINISTRO DA FAZENDA
PRESIDENTE DO
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
20
REAIS

Translation:
Brazilian Central Bank 20
God Be Praised
Finance Minister
President of the Brazilian Central Bank
20 Reais

Watermark

Image of a golden lion tamarin.

© Wilson Roberto Vasques Nunes

Signatures

Pedro Sampaio Malan (PSM²)	Finance Minister
Armínio Fraga Neto (AFN)	President of the Central Bank of Brazil
Antonio Palocci Filho (APF)	Finance Minister
Henrique de Campos Meirelles (HCM¹)	President of the Central Bank of Brazil
Guido Mantega (GM¹)	Finance Minister
Guido Mantega (GM²)	Finance Minister
Alexandre Antônio Tombini (AAT)	President of the Central Bank of Brazil

Printer

Comments

Curiosity
(1) Effigy of the Republic

(2) Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
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Notes

more... Federative Republic of Brazil and Real (R$)
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Clarifications on Print, Series and Sequential Number
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Tactile mark for the visually impaired
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Specimen note image

See also

• Allegory
• Primate

• 1 Real (watermark Effigy)
• 1 Real (watermark Flag)
• 1 Real (República Federativa do Brasil)
• 2 Reais (1st family)
• 5 Reais (1st family; watermark Effigy)
• 5 Reais (1st family; watermark Flag)
• 10 Reais (1st family; watermark Effigy)
• 10 Reais (1st family; watermark Flag)
• 10 Reais (Pedro Álvares Cabral)
• 20 Reais (2nd family)
• 50 Reais (1st family)
• 100 Reais (1st family)

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