Escudo
Currency historically used in Portugal and its colonies
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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).
1 Indian Escudo (1959)
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First side of the image: Obverse: Lettering "ESTADO·DA·INDIA" [transl. State of India], face value with the Coat of arms of Portugal in the center.
Second side of the image: Reverse: Lettering "REPÚBLICA · PORTUGUESA" [transl. Portuguese Republic], with the year and the Coat of arms of Portugal in the center.
In Spain and its colonies, the escudo refers to a gold coin worth sixteen reales de plata or forty reales de vellón.
