← Read the currency articleBrazilian cruzeiro — 1942 currency: research record
Evidence coverage: 1942–1986. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Brazilian cruzeiro — 1942 currency
FTM000146 · Research draft
Cruzeiro novo is a rescaling; the 1970 return to cruzeiro is a naming event.
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1942–1986; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Names and unit scales 2 records
These stages belong to this profile, not separate branches.
Cruzeiro1942–1967 · source record FTM000146
Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro1967–1986 · source record FTM000147
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiroFTM000968 · C1003, C1004, C1008
Reforms within this currency
1967-02-13Redenominated asCruzeiro converted into Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
1000 Cruzeiro per 1 Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiroV0230 · Cruzeiro converted into Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
C1003 1970-05-15Unit name changeCruzeiro novo was renamed cruzeiro without rescaling.
1 Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro per 1 Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiroV0235 · Cruzeiro novo was renamed cruzeiro without rescaling.
C1008
Monetary history 3 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1942-11-01Redenominated asBrazilian real (réis) converted into Cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
C1002 1967-02-13Redenominated asCruzeiro converted into Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
C1003 1970-05-15Unit name changeCruzeiro novo was renamed cruzeiro without rescaling.
C1008
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C1002
Brazilian real (réis) converted into Cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
Banco Central do Brasil · Brazilian Monetary System Reforms Citation S478 ·
Open source ↗Reform entries 1942, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994
Supported C1003
Cruzeiro converted into Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro at 1000 old units per new unit.
Banco Central do Brasil · Brazilian Monetary System Reforms Citation S478 ·
Open source ↗Reform entries 1942, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994
Supported C1004
Cruzeiro novo / cruzeiro converted into Cruzado at 1000 old units per new unit.
Banco Central do Brasil · Brazilian Monetary System Reforms Citation S478 ·
Open source ↗Reform entries 1942, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994
Supported C1008
Cruzeiro novo was renamed cruzeiro without rescaling.
Banco Central do Brasil · Brazilian Monetary System Reforms Citation S478 ·
Open source ↗Reform entries 1942, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994