84 1834 The minting of patacas comes to an end. They were replaced by the Cruzado Series, the milestone of the actual beginning of the Brazilian monetary system. 1918 A new line of coins was minted, which became known as the Tostões Series. 1942 The Cruzeiro replaces the réis as the Brazilian monetary standard. 1967 The cruzeiro novo is the new Brazilian currency. 1970 The Brazilian monetary standard is called cruzeiro again. 1986 New change in the Brazilian currency: now the standard is the cruzado. 1989 Brazil launches the cruzado novo as a monetary standard. 1990 With one-to-one equivalence to the previous coin, the cruzeiro becomes the new monetary standard in Brazil. 1993 The cruzeiro is replaced by the cruzeiro real. 1994 It is the year of the implementation of Plano Real (Real Plan), which established the monetary standard that circulates in Brazil until today. Numismatic collection in numbers The numismatic collection is one of the jewels of Collection Santander Brasil: more than 22 thousand coins that keep stories from different eras. One travels in time to different regions of the globe with them, and it is possible to get to know our own trajectory as a civilization a little better. See below how history is told by numbers and metals in the collection. T OTAL COINS HISTORICAL COLLECTION SANTANDER BRASIL 22584 TOTAL BRAZILIAN COINS 21011 TOTAL FOREIGN COINS 1573 METALS * GOLD 32 SILVER 433 NICKEL 432 BRONZE 72 COPPER 100 ALUMINUM 6126 STAINLESS STEEL 8837 BRONZE-ALUMINUM 4658 CUPRO-NICKEL 248 CUPRO-NICKEL / ALPACA 2 STEEL COATED COPPER 29 BRONZE COATED STEEL 2 TOKENS, COUNTERFEIT, CHIPS, UNREADABLE 40 * In Brazilian pieces, it is possible to determine the metal alloy, while in foreign pieces it cannot be accurately determined. GLOSSARY A Alpaca Metallic alloy composed of copper, zinc, nickel and silver. C Collecting Public office responsible for collecting taxes. Cruzado Portuguese coin that gave name to the series of Brazilian coins of the nineteenth century, with pieces of 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1,200 réis. It also designated the Brazilian currency from February 1986 to January 1989. Cupronickel Copper and nickel alloy. D Decimal System Uses digits 1 through 9 to count units, tens and hundreds. It is used in the division of monetary standards. Drachma Currency of Ancient Greece. E Effigy Representation of the image of someone or something. Bust or head minted in coins. Exonumia Numismatic items without liberating power - those that cannot be used as money.