Brazil

Brasil

Brazil’s modern currency reforms lead into the real and its six-coin second family, with each redenomination kept distinct on the timeline.

2026 circulation map

6 denominations

Banco Central do Brasil source

6 value records · 6 specifications · 0 image sets

R$1

One real

the real unit

1998–present

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 7 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Thickness: 1.95 mm
Edge: Interrupted reeding

CompositionStainless-steel core · bronze-coated steel ring

50c

Fifty centavos

2 make one real

1998–present

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 7.81 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Thickness: 2.85 mm
Edge: Lettered · ORDEM E PROGRESSO · BRASIL

CompositionStainless steel

25c

Twenty-five centavos

4 make one real

1998–present

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 7.55 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Thickness: 2.25 mm
Edge: Reeded

CompositionBronze-coated steel

10c

Ten centavos

10 make one real

1998–present

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 4.8 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Thickness: 2.23 mm
Edge: Reeded

CompositionBronze-coated steel

Five centavos

20 make one real

1998–present

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 4.1 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Edge: Plain

CompositionCopper-coated steel

One centavo

100 make one real

1998–present

Regular production ended after 2004; the coin remains part of the valid second-family real coinage.

2026

No sourced obverse and reverse pair is cataloged for this era yet.

Weight: 2.43 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Edge: Plain

CompositionCopper-coated steel