The escudo (Portuguese language, Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies.
The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ).
In Spain and its colonies, the ''Spanish escudo, escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen ''Spanish real, reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''.
Currencies named "escudo"
Circulating
*Cape Verdean escudo
Obsolete
*Angolan escudo
*Chilean escudo
*Écu, French écu
*Mozambican escudo
*Portuguese escudo
*Portuguese Guinean escudo
*Portuguese Indian escudo
*Portuguese Timorese escudo
*São Tomé and Príncipe escudo
*Spanish escudo
References
Escudo,
Denominations (currency)
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