Finance
- Inflation adjusted amounts
Currencies:
- Brazilian real
Former currencies:
- Central American Republic real
- Mexican real
- Portuguese real
- Spanish real
- Spanish colonial real
See also:
- Riyal and rial, various currencies in the Arab world (names derived from the Spanish real)
- Cambodian riel, currency of Cambodia (also derived from the Spanish real)
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