1) Bygone Portuguese coin 2) Cape Verde cash 3) Cape Verde coin 4) Cape Verde monetary unit 5) Currency replaced by the euro 6) Former currency of Portugal 7) Former Portuguese currency 8) Lisbon money 9) Modern obsolete currency 10) Money of Portugal 11) Old Lisbon cash 12) Old monetary unit of Portugal
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The escudo is a unit of currency. Historically it was used in Spain, Portugal, and in their colonies in South America, Asia, and Africa. It is still used in Cape Verde to this day. Escudo is Portuguese and Spanish for `shield`. The Portuguese escudo (PTE) was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and it.....
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(from the article `coin`) ...within a bimetallic pattern by the ordinances of Ferdinand and Isabella issued in Medina del Campo in 1497. The double base of the system ... Portugal`s currency was formerly the escudo, which had replaced the real in 1911 after the overthrow of the monarchy the previous year. However, ... [2 related arti...
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The escudo is the currency of Portugal and Angola. Until 1975 the escudo was the currency in Chile.
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a coin and monetary unit of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos. · a former coin and monetary unit of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. · a former paper money and monetary unit of Chile, equal to 100 condors or 1000 pesos, replaced by the new peso in 1975. · any of various former gold coins of Spain, Spanish Americ...
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Basic Portuguese currency unit, consists of 100 centavos. 1,000 escudos are a conto. The exchange rate averaged 27.5 escudos = US$1 in 1975; 53.0 escudos = US$1 in 1980; 170.4 escudos = US$1 in 1985; 144.0 escudos = US$1 in 1988; 157.5 escudos = US$1 in 1989; 142.5 escudos = US$1 in 1990; 144.5 escudos = US$1 in 1991; and 135.0 escudos = US$1 in 19...
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