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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. The new currency replaced the short-lived cruzeiro real (CR$).
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 ]
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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 ...
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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]
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank forthcoming digital currency, set to launch next year, will be named DREX, it announced on Monday, aiming to use the currency to boost financial services.