Brazilian cruzeiro (1990–1993)

The 1, 5, 10 and 50 centavo coins issued in 1989 for use with the previous currency continued in use after the introduction of the cruzeiro. In 1990, stainless-steel 1, 5, 10 and 50 cruzeiro coins were introduced, followed by smaller 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 cruzeiros in 1992.

Standard circulating coins of the Cruzeiro (1990–1993)

Reverse	Obverse	Value	Minting period	Obverse description
		Cr$1	1990	Portrays a section of the rhombus from the flag of Brazil
		Cr$5	1990–1992	Portrays a salt evaporation pond worker
		Cr$10		Portrays a rubber tapper and a factory plant
		Cr$50		Portrays a woman selling goods in a street market
		Cr$100	1992–1993	Portrays a manatee, and its Portuguese name in the lettering "Peixe-boi"
		Cr$500		Portrays a sea turtle, and its Portuguese name in the lettering "Tartaruga Marinha"
		Cr$1000		Portrays angelfish, and their Portuguese name in the lettering "Acará"

The cruzeiro only had one circulating commemorative coin, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Tiradentes's death (1792–1992).

Circulating commemorative coins of the Cruzeiro (1990–1993)
Reverse	Obverse	Value	Minting period	Description
		Cr$5000	1992	Portrays the bust of Tiradentes, and the lettering "Liberdade" (Liberty), "Cidadania" (Citizenship) and "Tiradentes"

Additionally, the cruzeiro also had two distinct non-circulating silver commemorative coins.

The first banknotes were overprints on cruzado novo notes, in denominations of 50, 100, 200 and 500 cruzeiros. In 1990, regular notes in values of 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 cruzeiros were introduced, followed by 10,000 and 50,000 cruzeiros in 1991, 100,000 cruzeiros in 1992 and 500,000 cruzeiros in 1993. In 1992, the 50 and 100 cruzeiro banknotes were withdrawn and the higher denominations were withdrawn in 1994.

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  A NCz$200 note overstamped as Cr$200

• "O que foi o Plano Collor" [What the Collor Plan was]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2021.