The 1 Real was first issued in 1994, when the release pattern during the Real Plan, and 4 years later, the Casa da Moeda do Brasil launched the 2nd Series, which represented a major change in style in the Brazilian Real. The Steel series continues to be circulated, despite the clear tendency that they gradually go out of circulation because of its instable value of metal. On December 23, 2003 the currency was withdrawn from circulation due to the high rate of counterfeiting.