Museum objects
1 shown · 4 cited but not shown. An image only appears here if it is openly
licensed and confirmed to depict the object we claim. Otherwise we cite it and link you to
the museum — we would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
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Peça da Coroação 1822 (1 of 64)
Museu de Valores, Banco Central do Brasil
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Peça da Coroação (Coronation Coin of Pedro I)
Museu de Valores, Banco Central do Brasil · Peça da Coroação 1822 (1 of 64) · 1822
An extremely rare commemorative gold coin from Pedro I's coronation, with only 64 ever minted.
Nearly two centuries before Fernanda existed, Brazil's very first independent ruler was already trying to prove his new nation was worth something in gold.
Shown: an openly-licensed image of the same object type. The object cited above is held at Museu de Valores, Banco Central do Brasil.
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URV historical records
Banco Central do Brasil Archive
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Unidade Real de Valor (URV) Documentation
Banco Central do Brasil Archive · URV historical records · March-June 1994
Records of the URV, a purely virtual accounting unit used to psychologically recalibrate prices before the real's physical launch.
Fernanda existed as an idea before she existed as money — an entire country had to practice believing in her before she was allowed to be real.
Collor Plan Confiscation Photograph
G1/Folhapress Archive · Collor Plan 1990 archive · March 1990
A photograph of Economy Minister Zélia Cardoso de Mello announcing the 1990 freeze on Brazilian savings accounts.
Before Fernanda could be trusted, Brazil had to go through this — an entire generation watching their savings get frozen overnight by the government.
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Museu de Valores general collection (125,000+ items)
Museu de Valores, Banco Central do Brasil
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Museu de Valores Numismatic Collection
Museu de Valores, Banco Central do Brasil · Museu de Valores general collection (125,000+ items) · Various
Brazil's central bank museum, home to over 125,000 numismatic items spanning the country's entire monetary history.
Every failed currency that came before Fernanda — cruzeiros, cruzados, and more — sits in this collection, a graveyard of broken promises she had to overcome.
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Plano Real launch documents
Banco Central do Brasil
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Plano Real Official Launch Documentation
Banco Central do Brasil · Plano Real launch documents · July 1, 1994
Official documentation of the Plano Real, the economic stabilization plan that introduced the Brazilian real.
This is the day Fernanda finally became real — after years of hyperinflation and five failed currencies, Brazil finally got one that stuck.
Primary sources
The documents themselves. We link and quote — that is citation, and it needs no licence.
Real Plan (Official Page)
official_publication · Ongoing · Banco Central do Brasil · Banco Central do Brasil
The Brazilian central bank's official explanation of the Plano Real stabilization program.
Brazil's central bank's own explanation of how the Plano Real stabilized the country's economy.
Wikipedia: Unidade Real de Valor
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
Reference on the virtual accounting unit used to transition Brazil to the real.
Background on the strange virtual currency Brazil used briefly before launching the real.
New Money No Novelty in Brazil
news_article · 1994 · The New York Times · The New York Times
Contemporary news coverage of the real's launch and Brazil's history of currency changes.
A 1994 New York Times article about Brazil launching yet another new currency, after several failed attempts.
Thirty Years of the Real Plan
retrospective_report · 2024 · Fundação FHC · Fundação FHC
A 30th-anniversary retrospective analyzing the successes and ongoing challenges of the Plano Real.
A 2024 retrospective looking back at 30 years of Brazil's currency and what worked and didn't.
Entre Infartos, Falências e Suicídios: os 30 Anos do Confisco da Poupança
news_article · 2020 · G1 Globo · G1 Globo
Retrospective news coverage on the human toll of the 1990 Collor Plan savings confiscation.
A news retrospective on how badly Brazilians were affected when the government froze their savings in 1990.
Where this money travelled
Fernanda was carefully engineered into existence through the Plano Real after decades of hyperinflation, and has since anchored Latin America's largest economy.
Brasília (BCB Museum)-15.7939, -47.8828
Rio de Janeiro-22.9068, -43.1729
São Paulo-23.5505, -46.6333
Amazon Rainforest-3.4653, -62.2159
Pantanal-17.6000, -57.3500
What we don't know
The page no competitor will build.
- 4 of 5 objects on this page are cited but not shown — either the rights are not cleared, or we could not verify that an available image really depicts the object. We would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
- 1 source(s) here are Wikipedia — a tertiary source. It is a pointer, not our evidence. These are being replaced with the primary documents Wikipedia itself cites.
