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The Spanish colonial real from the 16th to 19th centuries, with 8 reales equal to 1 peso. The Peruvian real from 1822 to 1863. Initially worth 1 ⁄ 8 peso, reales worth 1 ⁄ 10 peso were introduced in 1858 in their transition to a decimal currency system. The sol or sol de oro from 1863 to 1985, at 1 sol = 10 reales.
The current real was introduced in 1994 at 1 real = 2,750 cruzeiros reais. The modern real (Portuguese plural reais or English plural reals) was introduced on 1 July 1994, during the presidency of Itamar Franco, when Rubens Ricupero was the Minister of Finance as part of a broader plan to stabilize the Brazilian economy, known as the Plano Real.
Not considering inflation, one modern Brazilian real is equivalent to 2,750,000,000,000,000,000 times the old real, that is, 2.75 × 10 18 (2.75 quintillion) réis. Before leaving Brazil in 1821, the Portuguese royal court withdrew all the bullion currency it could from banks in exchange for what would become worthless bond notes; [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Brazil’s real on Wednesday fell to its weakest level against the dollar since the currency was introduced in 1994, undercut by investors' frustration with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's ...
In 1856, production of all coins ceased. Smaller 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 real coins were introduced in 1858 and 1859, respectively, along with 50 centimos in 1858 and then 25 and 50 centavos in 1859. Redesigned 4 and 8 reales coins were minted in 1862 and 1863.
The 35-year-old Luck, who quarterbacked the Cardinal from 2008-2011 and was a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist, is going back "home" for this newly created role that will put him atop the program ...
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Until 1747 the Brazilian real was the same as the Portuguese real, with the gold peça of 13.145 g fine gold worth 6,400 réis or 6 400. After that date, however, the Brazilian real started to become a separate currency unit when the value of the peça was raised by 10% in Brazil (but not in Portugal) to 7,040 réis . [ 2 ]