Brazilian cruzado novo
The Cruzado Novo was the short-lived currency of Brazil between 15 January 1989 and 15 March 1990. It replaced the cruzado in the rate of 1000 cruzados = 1 cruzado novo. It had the symbol and the ISO 4217 code BRN. In 1990, the cruzado novo was renamed the (third) cruzeiro. This currency was subdivided in 100 centavos.
Brazilian cruzado novo | |
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cruzado novo brasileiro (Portuguese) | |
A 5000 cruzado banknote overstamped as a 5 cruzados novos banknote | |
ISO 4217 | |
Code | BRN |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1/100 | centavo |
Plural | cruzados novos |
Symbol | NCz$ |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | 50, 100, 200, 500 cruzados novos |
Coins | |
Rarely used | 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 centavos |
Demographics | |
User(s) | |
Issuance | |
Central bank | Central Bank of Brazil |
Website | www |
Printer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
Website | www |
Mint | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
Website | www |
Coins
Stainless-steel coins were issued in denominations of 1, 5, 10 and 50 centavos and 1 cruzado novo.
Banknotes
The first banknotes were overprints on cruzado notes, in denominations of 1, 5 and 10 cruzados novos. Regular notes followed of the same year in denominations of 50, 100 and 200 cruzados novos, with the 500 cruzado novo note following in 1990. These banknotes were overprinted with the new name of the currency in 1990. In 1992, the 50 and 100 cruzado novo banknotes were withdrawn. The higher denominations were withdrawn in 1994.
See also