Brazilian cruzeiro (1990–1993)

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Cruzeiro
A 500 thousand cruzeiros note portraying Mário de Andrade
ISO 4217
Code	BRE
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	centavo
Plural	cruzeiros
centavo	centavos
Symbol	Cr$
Banknotes	50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000 100,000 and 500,000 cruzeiros
Coins	1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 cruzeiros
Demographics
Date of introduction	16 March 1990
Source	[1]
Replaced	Cruzado novo
Date of withdrawal	31 July 1993
Source	[2]
Replaced by	Cruzeiro real
User(s)	Brazil
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The cruzeiro was the currency of Brazil between 1990 and 1993. It was the third iteration of a Brazilian currency named "cruzeiro", and replaced the cruzado novo at par. It was used until 1993, when it was replaced by the cruzeiro real at a rate of 1 cruzeiro real = 1000 cruzeiros.

History[]

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Coins[]

The 1, 5, 10 and 50 centavo coins issued in 1989 for use with the previous currency continued in use after the introduction of the cruzeiro. In 1990, stainless-steel 1, 5, 10 and 50 cruzeiro coins were introduced, followed by smaller 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 cruzeiros in 1992.

Standard circulating coins of the Cruzeiro (1990–1993)

Reverse	Obverse	Value	Minting period	Obverse description
		Cr$1	1990	Portrays a section of the rhombus from the flag of Brazil
		Cr$5	1990–1992	Portrays a salt evaporation pond worker
		Cr$10		Portrays a rubber tapper and a factory plant
		Cr$50		Portrays a woman selling goods in a street market
		Cr$100	1992–1993	Portrays a manatee, and its Portuguese name in the lettering "Peixe-boi"
		Cr$500		Portrays a sea turtle, and its Portuguese name in the lettering "Tartaruga Marinha"
		Cr$1000		Portrays angelfish, and their Portuguese name in the lettering "Acará"

The cruzeiro only had one circulating commemorative coin, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Tiradentes's death (1792–1992).

Circulating commemorative coins of the Cruzeiro (1990–1993)
Reverse	Obverse	Value	Minting period	Description
		Cr$5000	1992	Portrays the bust of Tiradentes, and the lettering "Liberdade" (Liberty), "Cidadania" (Citizenship) and "Tiradentes"

Additionally, the cruzeiro also had two distinct non-circulating silver commemorative coins.

Banknotes[]

The first banknotes were overprints on cruzado novo notes, in denominations of 50, 100, 200 and 500 cruzeiros. In 1990, regular notes in values of 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 cruzeiros were introduced, followed by 10,000 and 50,000 cruzeiros in 1991, 100,000 cruzeiros in 1992 and 500,000 cruzeiros in 1993. In 1992, the 50 and 100 cruzeiro banknotes were withdrawn and the higher denominations were withdrawn in 1994.

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  A NCz$200 note overstamped as Cr$200

References[]

Bibliography[]

• "O que foi o Plano Collor" [What the Collor Plan was]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2021.