Currency in Brazil

In Brazil the currency is called "real." It is subdivided into 100 centavos ("hundredths.") In Portuguese the word real means both "royal" and "real." Coins are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and 1 real. The one and five centavo are both in copper. The ten and twenty-five centavos are in brass-plated stainless steel. The fifty centavos coins are in cupronickel or copper-nickel and one real coin is bi-coloured brass and cupronickel coin. The banknotes come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 reais.