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Meaning Currency had a circulating coin with this face value Currency did not have any coin with this face value Currency had legal tender with this face value in the form of a non-circulating commemorative coin The currency took advantage of coins of the previous standard was issued coins in such values
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$).
As the currency of the Portuguese empire, it was in use in Brazil from the earliest days of the colonial period, and remained in use until 1942, when it was replaced by the cruzeiro. The name "real" was resurrected in 1994 for the new currency unit (but with the new plural form "reais"). This currency is still in use.
The real (Portuguese pronunciation:, meaning "royal", plural: réis or [archaic] reais) was the unit of currency of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire from around 1430 until 1911. It replaced the dinheiro at the rate of 1 real = 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 libras = 70 soldos = 840 dinheiros and was itself replaced by the escudo (as a result of the Republican ...
The real (meaning "royal", plural: réis or [archaic] reais) was the currency unit of Portugal from around 1430 until 1911, when the First Portuguese Republic introduced the escudo following the 1910 Republican Revolution.
Since colonial times, the main currency in Brazil had been the real; first the same as the Portuguese currency, and a separate currency after the country's independence in 1822. On 1 November 1942 the real was replaced by a new currency, the "cruzeiro", officially worth Rs 1$000 ( mil réis , pronounced mirréis ) — which had long been used ...
The cruzeiro real (‖, plural: cruzeiros reais) was the short-lived currency of Brazil between August 1, 1993, and June 30, 1994. It was subdivided in 100 centavos; however, this subunit was used only for accounting purposes, and coins and banknotes worth 10 to 500 of the preceding cruzeiro remained valid and were used for the purpose of corresponding to centavos of the cruzeiro real ...
The exchange rate of URVs to cruzeiros reais was recalculated and published daily by the government. Prices were quoted both in URVs and cruzeiros reais, but payments had to be made exclusively in cruzeiros reais, since the URV would not become legal tender until July 1, 1994. For instance, banks were required to report balances on accounts in ...