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1 Cruzeiro FAO
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1 Cruzeiro (1 BRB) |
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| Obverse lettering | BRASIL ALIMENTOS PARA O MUNDO açucar (Translation: Brazil Food for the World sugar) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brazil's 1985 cruzeiro was already a dying denomination when this piece was struck. Inflation was running above 200% annually, and within months the entire cruzeiro system would be scrapped in favor of the cruzado at a 1,000-to-1 conversion rate — the Plano Cruzado of February 1986. This FAO issue was part of a global UN Food and Agriculture Organization program promoting agricultural self-sufficiency, though the irony of commemorating food security during one of Brazil's most destabilizing economic crises was apparently lost on the issuing authority.