Description:
Obverse
Manatee below its local name peixe-boi. Probably the Amazon manatee (Trichechus inunguis) because of his wrinkled appearance, it lives exclusively in freshwater. The West Indian manatee (T. manatus) is found down to the coasts of Brazil and the Amazon Estuary.
Reverse
Date left of denomination.
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