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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MEC2, post: 2162681, member: 38692&quot;]I want to love that Venezuela note but the engraving quality on the reverse isn&#039;t near what I expect from ABNCo engraving. It *does* look typical of TDLR like the note above - wonder if it was just a reprint of an earlier TDLR design. I do like the big vulture/condor on that bottom Colombia note...</p><p><br /></p><p>...and how timely to show a TDLR note from South America, because my next new pickup is indeed a TDLR note from Brazil! This is the red/red variant, there is a blue variant which was done by ABNCo as well. Not sure what the shenanigans were with this, why these notes were done by different engravers at different times, but I&#039;m sure it&#039;s dodgy. This 5000 Cruzeiros note those does pop with a bold red even if it is the JV team engraving...</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, I believe the reverse caption on this note basically translates to &quot;before the beheading of Tiradentes&quot;... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Brazil/5000CruzeirosRedF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Brazil/5000CruzeirosRedB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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