The escudo (
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
: 'shield') is a unit of currency historically used in
Portugal
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and its
colonies
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in South America, Asia, and Africa.
It was originally worth 16 silver . The
Cape Verdean escudo and the former
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal from May 22nd 1911 until the introduction of the euro on January 1st 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 . The word derives from the scutum shield.
Amounts in escudos were written as w ...
(PTE), each subdivided into 100 , are named after the historical currency. Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ).
Other currencies named "escudo"
Circulating
*
Cape Verdean escudo
Obsolete
*Angolan escudo
*Chilean escudo
*Écu, French écu
*Mozambican escudo
*
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal from May 22nd 1911 until the introduction of the euro on January 1st 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 . The word derives from the scutum shield.
Amounts in escudos were written as w ...
*Portuguese Guinean escudo
*Portuguese Indian escudo
*Portuguese Timorese escudo
*São Tomé and Príncipe escudo
*Spanish escudo
References
Escudo,
Denominations (currency)
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