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Brazilian Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua Brasileira de Sinais [ˈlĩɡwɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi siˈnajs]) is the sign language used by deaf communities of Brazil.It is commonly known in short as Libras (pronounced).
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; [ 13 ] [ 14 ]
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.
The Casa da Moeda do Brasil is the Brazilian mint, owned by the Brazilian government and administratively subordinated to the Ministry of Finances. [1] It was established in 1694. [ 2 ] Its current headquarters and industrial facilities occupy a modern plant with 110,000 square metres (1.2 million square feet) in Rio de Janeiro 's western ...
During the reign of King João I, a new real was introduced, known either as the "real of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 libras" or the "real branco". With a value of 70 soldos, this was to become the unit of account by the beginning of the reign of João I's successor (King Duarte I) in 1433. Note that in modern Portuguese, the word "dinheiro" means "money".
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 ]
Libra (♎︎; Ancient Greek: Ζυγός, romanized: Zygós, Latin for "scales") is the seventh astrological sign in the zodiac. It spans 180°–210° celestial longitude . [ 2 ] The Sun transits this sign on average between September 22 and October 23. [ 3 ]
The first real was introduced by King Fernando I around 1380. [1] It was a silver coin and had a value of 120 dinheiros (10 soldos or 1 ⁄ 2 libra). In the reign of King João I (1385–1433), the real branco of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 libras (initially real cruzado [2]) and the real preto of 7 soldos (1 ⁄ 10 of a real branco) were issued.