BRAZIL

Pick#....................212c
Banknote Book # 834c
Denomination ....500 Cruzados
Date.....................(1988)
Condition…...….UNC
Comments….......Composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist Heitor Villa Lobos on front. Heitor Villa Lobos conducting on reverse. Watermark: Heitor Villa Lobos

Printer: Casa da Moeda do Brasil

Cruzados = from the Portuguese verb "Cruzar: to bear a cross" - early Portuguese gold or silver coins that bore a cross on reverse.   See my other notes from this country. Image is not exact note in lot.  Last image shows watermark.