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The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 169699 search inquires.

Selected term: Brazil
Explanation: Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Monetary unit: 1 cruzeiro (Cr$) = 100 centavos, 1 cruzado (CR$) = 1,000 cruzeiros (Cr$), introduced February 28, 1986, at a rate of 1 cruzado (CR$) = 1,000 old cruzeiros (Cr$); 1 New cruzado (NCZ$) = 100 centavos, the New cruzado replacing the original at a rate of 1,000 old to one New was introduced on January 15, 1989; 1 cruzeiro (Cr$) = 100 centavos, cruzeiro replaced the New cruzado at the rate of one to one on March 16, 1990. 1 cruzeiro real = 100 centavos. The cruzeiro real replaced the cruzeiro (Cr$) at the rate of 1,000 cruzeiro to 1 cruzeiro real on August 2, 1993. The real replaced the cruzeiro real on July 1, 1994 at the rate of 2,750 cruzeiro real to 1 real (a rate par to the U.S. $ on that date). Current Monetary unit: 1 real = 100 centavos

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NUr$ 7382 10.96%
NUr$ 7382 10.96%
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Ptas 4373 6.49%
CFA Franc 2880 4.28%
Euro 2863 4.25%
FKr 2735 4.06%
Fmk 2667 3.96%
Czechoslovakia 2661 3.95%
Saudi Arabia 2515 3.73%
Mexico 2461 3.65%
Greece 2360 3.50%
Continental dollars 2345 3.48%
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Republic of China 2264 3.36%
Brazil 2248 3.34%
Hungary 2244 3.33%
gilder 2234 3.32%
Japan 2096 3.11%