Brazil 1994 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1994-97. It is a unit of the real (= 2,750 cruzeiros reais) which was introduced in 1994 at the rate of R$1 = US$1. At present (March 2024), US$1 = R$5 but the real is still in use. Brazil endured currency reforms in 1942, 1967, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994. Wikipedia comments, "Combined with all previous currency changes in the country's history, this reform [of 1994] made the new real equal to 2.75 × 10¹⁸ (2.75 quintillion) of Brazil's original réis."

Recorded mintage: 732,980,000.

Specification: 3.27 g, stainless steel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 632.

Source:

• Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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