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A brief monetary history:
- Portuguese currency
- Mil Reis = 1000 Reis, 1833-1942
- Cruzeiro = (Mil Reis) = 100 Centavos, 1942--1967
- Cruzeiro Novo = (1.000 Cruzeiros) = 100 Centavos, 1967--1986
- Cruzado = (1.000 Cruzeiro Novo) = 100 Centavos, 1986--1989
- Cruzado Novo = (1.000 Cruzado) = 100 Centavos, 1989-1990
- Cruzeiro = (Cruzado Novo) = 100 Centavos, 1990-1993
- Cruzeiro Real = (1.000 Cruzeiro) = 100 Centavos, 1993-1994
- Real = (2.750 Cruzeiro Real) = 100 Centavos, from 1994

Pick #	Date
		Portuguese Colony, till 1822
A101	1771-91	various amounts
		Kingdom, 1922-1889
A151-7	1833	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 mil reis
A201-9	1833 (1835)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 mil reis; estampa 1
A210-18	1833 (1840)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 mil reis; estampa 2
A219-20	1833 (1843)	1, 2 mil reis; estampa 3
A221-27	(1850)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 mil reis
A228-36	(1852)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 mil reis; estampa 4
A237-39	(1860)	5, 10, 20 mil reis; estampa 5
A240-41	(1866)	5, 20 mil reis; estampa 6
A42	(1874)	500 reis; estampa 1
A43	(1880)	500 reis; estampa 2
A44-49	(1870)	1, 2, 50, 100, 200, 500 mil reis; estampa 5
A50-54	(1870)	1, 2, 20, 50, 200 mil reis; estampa 6
A55-59	(1870)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 mil reis; estampa 7
A60-63	(1885)	2, 5, 10, 20 mil reis; estampa 8
A64	(1888)	5 mil reis; estampa 9
		Republic
1-2	(1893-1903)	2x 500 reis; 1 estampa, no estampa
3-9	(1891-1923)	7x 1 reis; estampa 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
10-17	(1890-1923)	8x 2 mil reis; estampa 8, 9, 10, 11, (12), 13, 14, 15
18-29	(1890-1925)	12x 5 reis; estampa 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
30-39	(1892-1925)	10x 10mil reis; estampa 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
40-48	(1892-1931)	9x 20 mil reis; estampa 8, (9), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
49-59	(1893-1936)	11x 50 mil reis; estampa 7, (8), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
60-71	(1892-1936)	13x 100 mil reis; estampa 6, 7, (8), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
72-82	(1892-1936)	11x 200 mil reis; estampa 7, 8, (9), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
83-92	(1897-1931)	10x 500 mil reis; estampa 6, (7), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
93	(1921)	1.000 mil reis; estampa 1
		-- Caixa de Converso
94-100	1906	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 mil reis; estampa 1
101-2	1906	10, 50 mil reis; estampa 2
102A-F	1906	10, 20, 100, 500 mil reis; ovpt
		-- Caixa de Estabilizacao
103-9	1926	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 mil reis; estampa 1
109A-F	1926	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 mil reis; estampa 1; ovpt
		-- Banco do Brasil
110-110A	1923	500, 1.000 mil reis; ovpt
110B-123	1926	1, 2, 5, 5, 10, 10, 20, 20, 50, 50, 100, 100, 200, 500, 500, 1.000 mil reis; estampa 1, 2
125-31	(1942)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 200, 500 cruzeiros; ovpt
131A	(1944)	1 mil reis
132-41	(1943)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 cruzeiros; estampa (1), ABNC
142-49	(1949)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 cruzeiros; estampa 2, TDLR
150-56	(1953)	1, 2, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 cruzeiros; estampa (1), ABNC
157-65	(1953)	2, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 cruzeiros; estampa 2, TDLR
166	(1961)	5 cruzeiros; estampa 3
167-74	(1953)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000, 5.000 cruzeiros; estampa 1, ABNC
174-82	(1953)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1.000, 5.000 cruzeiros; estampa 2, TDLR
182A-B	(1965-6)	5.000, 10.000 cruzeiros
183-90	(1967)	1, 5, 10, 50 centavos, 1, 5, 10, 10 cruzeiros novo; ovpt
191-95A	(1970)	1, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 100 cruzeiros
196	1972	500, 500 cruzeiros; commemorative issue "150 Anniversary of Independence"
197	(1978)	1.000 cruzeiros
198-205	(1981-5)	100, 200, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50,000, 100.000 cruzeiros
206-8	(1986)	10, 50, 100 cruzados; ovpt
209-11	(1986)	10, 50, 100 cruzados
212	(1986)	500 cruzados; commemorative issue "H. Villa- Lobos"
213-15	(1987)	1.000, 5.000, 10.000 cruzados
216-18	(1989)	1, 5, 10 cruzados novos; ovpt
219-20	(1989)	50, 100 cruzados novos
221	(1989)	200 cruzados novos; commemorative issue "Centenary of the Republic"
222	(1990)	500 cruzados novos
223-26	(1990)	50, 100, 200, 500 cruzeiros; ovpt
227	(1990)	5.000 cruzeiros
228-36	(1990-3)	100, 200, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000, 500.000 cruzeiros
237-39	(1993)	50, 100, 500 cruzeiros reals; ovpt
240-42	(1993)	1.000, 5.000, 50.000 cruzeiros reals
243-47	(1994)	1, 5, 5, 10, 10, 50, 100 reals
248	(2000)	10 reals; commemorative issue "500 Anniversary of the discovery of Brazil"
249-50	(2001)	2, 20 reals
251-55	(2003)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50 reals

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