Escudo
| 1 Indian Escudo (1959) | |
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| Obverse: Lettering "ESTADO·DA·INDIA", face value with Coat of arms of Portugal in the center. | Reverse: Lettering "REPÚBLICA · PORTUGUESA", year and Coat of arms of Portugal in the center. |
| 6,000,000 coins minted. This coin was from Portuguese State of India which lasted till 1961 | |
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies.[1] The original coin was worth 16 silver reais. The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol is the Cifrão, a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, 25.svg){kind=small}
50).
In Spain and its colonies, the escudo refers to a gold coin worth sixteen reales de plata or forty reales de vellón.
Currencies named "escudo"
[edit]Circulating
[edit]Obsolete
[edit]- Angolan escudo
- Chilean escudo
- French écu
- Mozambican escudo
- Portuguese escudo
- Portuguese Guinean escudo
- Portuguese Indian escudo
- Portuguese Timorese escudo
- São Tomé and Príncipe escudo
- Spanish escudo
References
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- ^ "World escudo coins on Colnect coin catalog". Colnect. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
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