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Mozambican escudo Portuguese escudo Portuguese Guinean escudo Portuguese Indian escudo Portuguese Timorese escudo São Tomé and Príncipe
escudo Spanish escudo Money...
- Gold
coins were
issued in
denominations of 1⁄2, 1, 2, 4 and 8
escudos, with the 2
escudos coin
known as the doubloon.
Between 1809 and 1849,
coins denominated...
- cifrão () as the
decimal separator, such as 2000 for 20
escudos, or 1.00000 for 1000. The
escudo became the
currency of Cape
Verde in 1914. It replaced...
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subdivided into 100 centavos. The word
escudo derives from the
scutum shield.
Amounts in
escudos were
written as
escudos centavos with the cifrão as the decimal...
- denominations, from 1
escudo up to 100
escudos, were introduced. 500
escudos notes were
first issued in 1945, with 1000
escudos notes introduced in 1964...
- of 1⁄2, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100
escudos. In 1971, 500
escudo notes were introduced,
followed by 1000
escudos and 5000
escudos in 1973 (depicting José Miguel...
- by
bronze 50
centavos and 1
escudo, and cupro-nickel 2+1⁄2
escudos in 1953. Cupro-nickel
replaced silver in the 10
escudos in 1969, with
nickel replacing...
- 1
rupia = 6
escudos. This was due to the
respective values of the
Indian rupee (to
which the
rupia was pegged) and the
Portuguese escudo, with one rupee...
- and 50 centavos, 1, 2+1⁄2, 5 and 10
escudos, with the 2+1⁄2, 5 and 10
escudos in silver. In 1952,
silver 20
escudos were issued.
Between 1968 and 1971...
- bronze, the 60
centavos and 1
escudo in cupro-nickel, and the 3 and 6
escudos in silver. In 1964, a
silver 10
escudos was introduced, followed, in 1970...
