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The Brazilian real (pl. reais; sign: R$; code: BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The Central Bank of Brazil is the central bank and the issuing authority. The real replaced the cruzeiro real in 1994. As of April 2019, the real was the twentieth most traded currency. [1]
Brazilian real, the official and current currency of Brazil; Rhodesian dollar, the former currency of Rhodesia; Robux, the currency on the video game site in Roblox
Microsoft Points, introduced in November 2005 as Xbox Live Points, [1] were a digital currency issued by Microsoft for use on its Xbox and Zune product lines. Points could be used to purchase video games and downloadable content from Xbox Live Marketplace, digital content such as music and videos on Zune Marketplace, along with content from Windows Live Gallery.
Not considering inflation, one modern Brazilian real is equivalent to 2,750,000,000,000,000,000 times the old real, that is, 2.75 × 10 18 (2.75 quintillion) réis. Before leaving Brazil in 1821, the Portuguese royal court withdrew all the bullion currency it could from banks in exchange for what would become worthless bond notes; [12] [13]
In March 2009 the Ultimate Team game mode was introduced in FIFA 09 in which gamers can buy "packs" containing items such as players, stadiums and contract extensions with currency earned by playing the game or real world money. [32] EA followed this success by introducing the game mode to Madden NFL beginning with Madden NFL 10 in January 2010.
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Currencies pegged to the euro: Cape Verdean escudo, CFA franc, CFP franc, Comorian franc, Bulgarian lev, Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra. F [ edit ]
Until 1747 the Brazilian real was the same as the Portuguese real, with the gold peça of 13.145 g fine gold worth 6,400 réis or 6 400. After that date, however, the Brazilian real started to become a separate currency unit when the value of the peça was raised by 10% in Brazil (but not in Portugal) to 7,040 réis. [2]