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mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%BB-t%C3%B4-g%C3%A2_escudo" title="Phû-tô-gâ escudo – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Phû-tô-gâ escudo" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Португалско ескудо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Португалско ескудо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalski_eskudo" title="Portugalski eskudo – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Portugalski eskudo" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escut_portugu%C3%A8s" title="Escut portuguès – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Escut portuguès" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalsk%C3%A9_escudo" title="Portugalské escudo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Portugalské escudo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugiesischer_Escudo" title="Portugiesischer Escudo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Portugiesischer Escudo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B4%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Εσκούδο Πορτογαλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εσκούδο Πορτογαλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portugu%C3%A9s" title="Escudo portugués – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Escudo portugués" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugala_eskudo" title="Portugala eskudo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Portugala eskudo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugaldar_ezkutu" title="Portugaldar ezkutu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Portugaldar ezkutu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="اسکودوی پرتغال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسکودوی پرتغال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portugais" title="Escudo portugais – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Escudo portugais" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portugu%C3%A9s" title="Escudo portugués – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Escudo portugués" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%EB%A5%B4%ED%88%AC%EA%B0%88_%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%EC%BF%A0%EB%91%90" title="포르투갈 이스쿠두 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포르투갈 이스쿠두" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalski_eskudo" title="Portugalski eskudo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Portugalski eskudo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%C3%BAgalskur_sk%C3%BAti" title="Portúgalskur skúti – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Portúgalskur skúti" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portoghese" title="Escudo portoghese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Escudo portoghese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95" title="אשקודו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אשקודו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugiseschen_Escudo" title="Portugiseschen Escudo – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Portugiseschen Escudo" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalijos_eskudas" title="Portugalijos eskudas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Portugalijos eskudas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portug%C3%A1l_escudo" title="Portugál escudo – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Portugál escudo" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89" title="اسكودو بورتوجالى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اسكودو بورتوجالى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugese_escudo" title="Portugese escudo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Portugese escudo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="ポルトガル・エスクード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポルトガル・エスクード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugisisk_escudo" title="Portugisisk escudo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Portugisisk escudo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portugalskie" title="Escudo portugalskie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Escudo portugalskie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portugu%C3%AAs" title="Escudo português – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Escudo português" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_portughez" title="Escudo portughez – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Escudo portughez" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Портуґальске ескудо – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Портуґальске ескудо" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Португальский эскудо – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Португальский эскудо" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_escudo" title="Portuguese escudo – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Portuguese escudo" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalsk%C3%A9_escudo" title="Portugalské escudo – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Portugalské escudo" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalski_eskudo" title="Portugalski eskudo – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Portugalski eskudo" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Португалски ескудо – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Португалски ескудо" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalin_escudo" title="Portugalin escudo – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Portugalin escudo" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugisisk_escudo" title="Portugisisk escudo – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Portugisisk escudo" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portekiz_esk%C3%BCdosu" title="Portekiz esküdosu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Portekiz esküdosu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Португальське ескудо – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Португальське ескудо" data-language-autonym="Українська" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/126px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/189px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/252px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1751" data-file-height="914" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr><td style="text-align: center">Last escudo banknotes</td><td style="text-align: center">2.5 escudo coin</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink"><a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO 4217</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">PTE</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Unit</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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available)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink"><a href="/wiki/Denomination_(currency)" title="Denomination (currency)">Denominations</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Superunit</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> 1000</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conto" class="extiw" title="wikt:conto">conto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subunit</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 2,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 10,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Rarely used</span></th><td class="infobox-data">100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Portuguese_escudo" class="mw-redirect" title="Coins of the Portuguese escudo">Coins</a></th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Freq. used</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 200<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Rarely used</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>50, 25<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">User(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">None, previously:<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Issuance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">Central bank</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Banco_de_Portugal" title="Banco de Portugal">Banco de Portugal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Website</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bportugal.pt">www<wbr />.bportugal<wbr />.pt</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mint_(facility)" title="Mint (facility)">Mint</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Website</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.incm.pt">www<wbr />.incm<wbr />.pt</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Valuation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Monetary_inflation" title="Monetary inflation">Inflation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2.8% (2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Source</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldpress.org/profiles/Portugal.cfm">worldpress.org</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink"><a href="/wiki/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism" title="European Exchange Rate Mechanism">EU Exchange Rate Mechanism</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(ERM)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Since</span></th><td class="infobox-data">19 June 1989</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Fixed rate since</span></th><td class="infobox-data">31 December 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Replaced by euro, non cash</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Replaced by euro, cash</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 2002</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><span class="nounderlines">1 €</span> =</span></th><td class="infobox-data">200.482 PTE</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9;"><i>This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Portuguese escudo</b> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">escudo português</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[(i)ʃˈkudu<span class="wrap"> </span>puɾtuˈɣeʃ]</a></span>) was the <a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> replacing the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_real" title="Portuguese real"><i>real</i></a> on 22 May 1911 and was in use until the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> on 1 January 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Centavo" title="Centavo">centavos</a></i></span>. The word <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudo</i></span> literally means <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">shield</a>; like other coins with similar names, it depicts the coat of arms of the state. </p><p>Amounts in escudos were written as <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudos</i></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">centavos</i></span> with the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Cifr%C3%A3o" class="mw-redirect" title="Cifrão">cifrão</a></i></span> as the decimal separator (for example: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823">25<span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>00 means 25.00 escudos, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823">100<span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>50 means 100.50 escudos). Because of the conversion rate of 1,000 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span> = <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823">1<span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, three decimal places were initially used (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823">1<span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> = <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823">1<span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>000). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The currency replaced by the escudo in 1911 was denominated in <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_real" title="Portuguese real">Portuguese reals</a> (plural: <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>) and <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Milr%C3%A9is" title="Milréis">milréis</a></i></span> worth 1,000 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>. The <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">milréis</i></span> was equivalent to 2.0539 grams fine gold from 1688 to 1800, and 1.62585 g from 1854 to 1891. Gold <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudos</i></span> worth 1.6 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">milréis</i></span> (or 1.600<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>; not to be confused with the 20th-century currency) were issued from 1722 to 1800 in denominations of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1, 2, 4 and 8 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudos</i></span>. </p><p>The escudo (gold) was again introduced on 22 May 1911, after the <a href="/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution" title="5 October 1910 revolution">1910 Republican revolution</a>, to replace the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_real" title="Portuguese real">real</a> at the rate of 1,000 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span> to 1 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudo</i></span>. The term <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">mil réis</i></span> (thousand <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>) remained a colloquial synonym of <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudo</i></span> up to the 1990s. One million <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span> was called one <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto de réis</i></span>, or simply one <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto</i></span>. This expression passed on to the escudo, meaning one thousand escudos. </p><p>The escudo's value was initially set at 675<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> = 1 kg of gold. After 1914, the value of the escudo fell, being fixed in 1928 at 108.25<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> to £1 <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">sterling</a>. This was altered to 110<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> to £1 stg in 1931. A new rate of 27.50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> escudos to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. dollar">U.S. dollar</a> was established in 1940, changing to 25<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> in 1940 and 28.75<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> in 1949. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, escudos were heavily sought after by Nazi Germany, through Swiss banks, as foreign currency to make purchases to Portugal and other neutral nations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">Inflation</a> throughout the 20th century made centavos essentially worthless by its end, with fractional value coins with values such as 50 centavos and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> eventually withdrawn from circulation in the 1990s. With the entry of Portugal in the <a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a>, the conversion rate to the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> was set at 200.482<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> = €1.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territorial_usage">Territorial usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Territorial usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The escudo was used in the Portuguese mainland, the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a>, with no distinction of coins or banknotes. In Portugal's African colonies, the escudo was generally used up to independence, in the form of <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Banco_Nacional_Ultramarino" title="Banco Nacional Ultramarino">Banco Nacional Ultramarino</a></i></span> and <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Banco_de_Angola" class="mw-redirect" title="Banco de Angola">Banco de Angola</a></i></span> banknotes (rather than those of the Bank of Portugal used in Portugal proper), with Portuguese and in some cases local coins circulating alongside: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_escudo" title="Angolan escudo">Angolan escudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_escudo" title="Cape Verdean escudo">Cape Verdean escudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_escudo" title="Mozambican escudo">Mozambican escudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinean_escudo" title="Portuguese Guinean escudo">Portuguese Guinean escudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_escudo" title="São Tomé and Príncipe escudo">São Tomé and Príncipe escudo</a></li></ul> <p>Of the above, only <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> continues to use the escudo. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>, the currency during the colonial period was, as it is today, the <a href="/wiki/Macanese_pataca" title="Macanese pataca">Macanese pataca</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Timor-Leste" title="Timor-Leste">Timor-Leste</a> adopted the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timorese_escudo" title="Portuguese Timorese escudo">Portuguese Timorese escudo</a> whilst still a Portuguese colony, having earlier used the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor_pataca" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Timor pataca">Portuguese Timor pataca</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> adopted the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Indian_escudo" title="Portuguese Indian escudo">Portuguese Indian escudo</a> for a brief time between 1958 and 1961 before Goa became a part of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>; prior to that, it used the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Indian_rupia" title="Portuguese Indian rupia">Portuguese Indian rupia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coins">Coins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg/220px-Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg/330px-Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg/440px-Portugal_1729_8_Escudos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4444" data-file-height="2264" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese 8 gold escudos (1729)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PRT025.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PRT025.JPG/220px-PRT025.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PRT025.JPG/330px-PRT025.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/PRT025.JPG/440px-PRT025.JPG 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese 4 centavos, 1917</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PRT007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/PRT007.JPG/220px-PRT007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/PRT007.JPG/330px-PRT007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/PRT007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption>50 centavos of 1926</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2.5_Escudo_(1981).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/220px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/330px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg/440px-2.5_Escudo_%281981%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1751" data-file-height="914" /></a><figcaption>2.50 escudos, 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>The mintage period for the various denominations of the gold escudo (worth 1.6 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Milr%C3%A9is" title="Milréis">milréis</a></i></span> or 1.600<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>) introduced in 1722 was different: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> escudo through 1821,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECuhaj20091147_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECuhaj20091147-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2 escudos through 1789,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131253_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131253-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 4 escudos through 1799.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131254_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131254-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eight-escudo coin was only struck between 1722 and 1730.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131254–55_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECuhaj20131254–55-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1912 and 1916, silver 10, 20 and 50 centavos and 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> coins were issued. Bronze 1 and 2 centavos and cupro-nickel 4 centavo coins were issued between 1917 and 1922. </p><p>In 1920, bronze 5 centavos and cupro-nickel 10 and 20 centavo coins were introduced, followed, in 1924, by bronze 10 and 20 centavos and aluminium-bronze 50 centavos and 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> coins. Aluminium bronze was replaced with cupro-nickel in 1927. </p><p>In 1932, silver coins were introduced for <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>. The <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> were minted until 1951, with the 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> minted until 1955 with a reduced silver content. In 1963, cupro-nickel <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> were introduced, followed by aluminium 10, bronze 20 and 50 centavos and 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> in 1969. Cupro-nickel 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 25<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> were introduced in 1971 and 1977, respectively. In 1986, a new coinage was introduced which circulated until replacement by the euro. It consisted of nickel-brass 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, cupro-nickel 20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, with bimetallic 100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 200<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> introduced in 1989 and 1991. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Coin" title="Coin">Coins</a> in circulation at the time of the changeover to the euro were: </p> <ul><li>1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (0.50 cent)</li> <li>5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (2.49 cents)</li> <li>10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (4.99 cents)</li> <li>20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (9.98 cents)</li> <li>50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (24.94 cents)</li> <li>100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (49.88 cents)</li> <li>200<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (99.76 cents)</li></ul> <p>Coins ceased to be exchangeable for euros on December 31, 2002. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10">Coins of the Portuguese escudo </th></tr> <tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Value</th> <th>Equivalent in <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euros</a></th> <th>Diameter</th> <th>Weight</th> <th>Thickness</th> <th>Material</th> <th>Obverse</th> <th>Reverse</th> <th>Dates of issue </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_1_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Portugal_1_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_1_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Portugal_1_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_1_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Portugal_1_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_1_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="546" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG/120px-Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG/180px-Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG/240px-Portugal_1_escudo_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="526" /></a></span> </td> <td>1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>0.50 cent </td> <td>16  mm </td> <td>1.69 g </td> <td>1.2 mm </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nickel_silver" title="Nickel silver">Nickel-brass</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Portugal" title="Coat of arms of Portugal">Coat of arms of Portugal</a> and knot </td> <td rowspan="3">Stained glass window pattern </td> <td rowspan="5">1986-2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_5_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Portugal_5_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_5_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Portugal_5_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_5_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Portugal_5_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_5_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="661" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG/120px-Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG/180px-Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG/240px-Portugal_5_escudo_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="766" /></a></span> </td> <td>5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>2.49 cents </td> <td>21.1  mm </td> <td>5.25 g </td> <td>2 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_10_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Portugal_10_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_10_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Portugal_10_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_10_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Portugal_10_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_10_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="701" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg/120px-Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg/180px-Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg/240px-Portugal_10_escudo_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="731" /></a></span> </td> <td>10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>4.99 cents </td> <td>23.5  mm </td> <td>7.5 g </td> <td>2.3 mm </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_20_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Portugal_20_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_20_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Portugal_20_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_20_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Portugal_20_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_20_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="706" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG/120px-Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG/180px-Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG/240px-Portugal_20_escudo_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="763" data-file-height="746" /></a></span> </td> <td>20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>9.98 cents </td> <td>26.5  mm </td> <td>6.9 g </td> <td>1.64 mm </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cupronickel" title="Cupronickel">Copper-nickel</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">Coat of arms of Portugal </td> <td>Nautical compass and the cross of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Christ" title="Military Order of Christ">Military Order of Christ</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_50_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Portugal_50_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_50_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Portugal_50_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_50_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Portugal_50_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_50_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="812" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG/120px-Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG/180px-Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG/240px-Portugal_50_escudo_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="836" /></a></span> </td> <td>50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>24.94 cents </td> <td>31  mm </td> <td>9.41 g </td> <td>1.65 mm </td> <td>Stylized ship and four fishes below </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_100_escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Portugal_100_escudo.JPG/120px-Portugal_100_escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Portugal_100_escudo.JPG/180px-Portugal_100_escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Portugal_100_escudo.JPG/240px-Portugal_100_escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="757" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG/120px-Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG/180px-Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG/240px-Portugal_100_escudo_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="786" /></a></span> </td> <td>100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>49.88 cents </td> <td>25.5  mm </td> <td>8.3 g </td> <td>2.5 mm </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bi-metallic_coin" title="Bi-metallic coin">Bi-metallic coin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">Aluminium</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a> center plug with a Copper-nickel outer ring) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Nunes" title="Pedro Nunes">Pedro Nunes</a>; text "EUROPA" </td> <td>1989-2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG/250px-Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG/375px-Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Portogallo_200_escudos.JPG 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td> <td>200<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>99.76 cents </td> <td>28  mm </td> <td>9.8 g </td> <td>2.2 mm </td> <td>Bi-metallic coin (Copper-nickel center plug with an Aluminium-bronze outer ring) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garcia_de_Orta" title="Garcia de Orta">Garcia de Orta</a> </td> <td>1991-2001 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Another name for the 50 centavos coin was <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">coroa</i></span> (crown). Long after the 50 centavos coins disappeared, people still called the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> coins <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">cinco coroas</i></span> ("five crowns"). </p><p>Also, people still referred to escudos at the time of the changeover in multiples of the older currency <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">real</i></span> (plural <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>). Many people called the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> coins <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">dois e quinhentos</i></span> (two and five-hundreds), referring to the correspondence <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> = 2500 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>. <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Tostão</i></span> (plural <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">tostões</i></span>) is yet another multiple of <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">real</i></span>, with 1 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">tostão</i></span> = 100 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Banknotes">Banknotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Banknotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Counterfeit_500_escudo_note_(upper)_and_a_genuine_banknote_(lower)_of_Banco_de_Portugal._Both_carry_the_same_serial_number_of_1K_02201,_1922._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Counterfeit_500_escudo_note_%28upper%29_and_a_genuine_banknote_%28lower%29_of_Banco_de_Portugal._Both_carry_the_same_serial_number_of_1K_02201%2C_1922._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Counterfeit_500_escudo_note_%28upper%29_and_a_genuine_banknote_%28lower%29_of_Banco_de_Portugal._Both_carry_the_same_serial_number_of_1K_02201%2C_1922._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Counterfeit_500_escudo_note_%28upper%29_and_a_genuine_banknote_%28lower%29_of_Banco_de_Portugal._Both_carry_the_same_serial_number_of_1K_02201%2C_1922._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4375" data-file-height="5146" /></a><figcaption>Counterfeit 500<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> note (upper) and a genuine banknote (lower) of Banco de Portugal. Both carry the same serial number of 1K 02201, 1922. On display at the British Museum in London</figcaption></figure> <p>The <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Casa da Moeda</i></span> issued notes for 5, 10, and 20 centavos between 1917 and 1925 whilst, between 1913 and 1922, the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Banco_de_Portugal" title="Banco de Portugal">Banco de Portugal</a></i></span> introduced notes for 50 centavos, 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 500<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>. 50 centavos and 1<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> notes ceased production in 1920, followed by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 5<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 10<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> in 1925 and 1926. 5,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> notes were introduced in 1942. </p><p>The last 20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and 50<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> notes were printed dated 1978 and 1980, respectively, with 100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> notes being replaced by coins in 1989, the same year that the 10,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> note was introduced. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Banknote" title="Banknote">Banknotes</a> in circulation at the time of the changeover to the euro were: </p> <ul><li>500<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (€2.49)</li> <li>1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (€4.99)</li> <li>2,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (€9.98)</li> <li>5,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (€24.94)</li> <li>10,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> (€49.88)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo20a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Escudo20a.jpg/220px-Escudo20a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Escudo20a.jpg/330px-Escudo20a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Escudo20a.jpg/440px-Escudo20a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3170" data-file-height="1519" /></a><figcaption>The last 20<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> depicting <a href="/wiki/Gago_Coutinho" title="Gago Coutinho">Gago Coutinho</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pte_Escudo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pte_Escudo.JPG/220px-Pte_Escudo.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pte_Escudo.JPG/330px-Pte_Escudo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pte_Escudo.JPG/440px-Pte_Escudo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>The last 100<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> banknote depicting <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa" title="Fernando Pessoa">Fernando Pessoa</a></span></span>, the famous Portuguese writer and poet.</figcaption></figure> <p>The last series of escudo banknotes could be returned to the central bank <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Banco_de_Portugal" title="Banco de Portugal">Banco de Portugal</a></span></span> and converted to euros until 28 February 2022. </p><p>Escudo banknotes celebrated notable figures from the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Portugal" title="History of Portugal">history of Portugal</a>. The final banknote series featured the <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Age_of_Discovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugal in the Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a>, with <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Barros" title="João de Barros">João de Barros</a></span></span>, <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral" title="Pedro Álvares Cabral">Pedro Álvares Cabral</a></span></span>, <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias" title="Bartolomeu Dias">Bartolomeu Dias</a></span></span>, <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a></span></span>, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry the Navigator">Henry the Navigator</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">Banknotes of the Portuguese escudo (1995–2002 "Portuguese seafarers & explorers" Issue) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Value</th> <th>Equivalent in <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euros (€)</a></th> <th>Main color</th> <th>Obverse</th> <th>Reverse</th> <th>Watermark </th></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0187.htm">[1]</a> </td> <td>500<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>€2.49 </td> <td>Olive and Violet </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Barros" title="João de Barros">João de Barros</a></span></span> </td> <td>Allegory of the <a href="/wiki/Portugal_in_the_Age_of_Discovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugal in the Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a> </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">João de Barros</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0188.htm">[2]</a> </td> <td>1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>€4.99 </td> <td>Brown and Purple </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral" title="Pedro Álvares Cabral">Pedro Álvares Cabral</a></span></span> </td> <td>Sailing ship, animals of Brazil </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Pedro Álvares Cabral</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0189.htm">[3]</a> </td> <td>2,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>€9.98 </td> <td>Blue and deep blue-green </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias" title="Bartolomeu Dias">Bartolomeu Dias</a></span></span>; Cruzado coin of <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_II" class="mw-redirect" title="João II">Dom João II</a></span></span> </td> <td>Sailing ship, compass card, map </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Bartolomeu Dias</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0190.htm">[4]</a> </td> <td>5,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>€24.94 </td> <td>Green and brown-violet </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a></span></span> </td> <td>Sailing ship, <span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Vasco da Gama</span></span> with authorities in Calicut </td> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Vasco de Gama</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/POR/POR0191.htm">[5]</a> </td> <td>10,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> </td> <td>€49.88 </td> <td>Red and dark brown </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry the Navigator">Henry the Navigator (<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Infante Dom Henrique</span></span>)</a> </td> <td>Sailing ship </td> <td>Henry the Navigator (<span title="Portuguese-language text"><span lang="pt" style="font-style: normal;">Infante Dom Henrique</span></span>) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colloquial_expressions">Colloquial expressions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colloquial expressions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Conto</i></span> was the unofficial multiple of the escudo: 1 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto</i></span> meant 1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>, 2 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">contos</i></span> meant 2,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span> and so on. The original expression was <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto de réis</i></span>, which means 'one count of <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>' and referred to one million <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span>. Since the escudo was worth 1,000 <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">réis</i></span> (the older currency), therefore one <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto</i></span> was the same as a thousand escudos. The expression remained in usage after the advent of the euro, albeit less often, meaning €5, roughly worth 1,000<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1053990823"><span class="cifrao-symbol skin-invert"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_(narrow).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dollar sign with two vertical lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/11px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/17px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg/22px-Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol_%28narrow%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="8" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></span>. </p><p>Occasionally <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">paus</i></span>, literally meaning 'sticks', was also used to refer to the escudo ("<span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Tens mil paus?</i></span>" – 'Do you have 1,000 escudos/sticks?'). During the move from escudos to euros the Portuguese had a joke saying that they had lost three currencies: the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">escudo</i></span>, the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">conto</i></span>, and the <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">pau</i></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_escudo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_euro_coins" title="Portuguese euro coins">Portuguese euro coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Portugal" title="Economy of Portugal">Economy of Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Portugal" title="Economic history of Portugal">Economic history of Portugal</a></li></ul> <div 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currency">World currency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Denominations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro_coins" title="Euro coins">Coins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_euro_cent_coin" title="1 euro cent coin">1c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_euro_cent_coin" title="2 euro cent coin">2c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_euro_cent_coin" title="5 euro cent coin">5c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_euro_cent_coin" title="10 euro cent coin">10c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_euro_cent_coin" title="20 euro cent coin">20c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_euro_cent_coin" title="50 euro cent coin">50c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_euro_coin" title="1 euro coin">€1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_euro_coin" title="2 euro coin">€2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_euro_commemorative_coins" title="2 euro commemorative coins">€2 commemorative coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_gold_and_silver_commemorative_coins" title="Euro gold and silver commemorative coins">Other commemorative coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identifying_marks_on_euro_coins" title="Identifying marks on euro coins">Identifying marks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro_starter_kits" title="Euro starter kits">Starter kits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_coin_programme" title="Europa coin programme">Europa coin programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_euro_mints" title="List of euro mints">Euro mint</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro_banknotes" title="Euro banknotes">Banknotes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5_euro_note" title="5 euro note">€5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_euro_note" title="10 euro note">€10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_euro_note" title="20 euro note">€20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_euro_note" title="50 euro note">€50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100_euro_note" title="100 euro note">€100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200_euro_note" title="200 euro note">€200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500_euro_note" title="500 euro note">€500</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coins by country with minting rights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">Eurozone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_euro_coins" title="Austrian euro coins">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_euro_coins" title="Belgian euro coins">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_euro_coins" title="Croatian euro coins">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_euro_coins" title="Cypriot euro coins">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_euro_coins" title="Estonian euro coins">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_euro_coins" title="Finnish euro coins">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_euro_coins" title="French euro coins">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_euro_coins" title="German euro coins">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_euro_coins" title="Greek euro coins">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_euro_coins" title="Irish euro coins">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_euro_coins" title="Italian euro coins">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian euro coins">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian euro coins">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_euro_coins" title="Luxembourgish euro coins">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_euro_coins" title="Maltese euro coins">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_euro_coins" title="Dutch euro coins">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_euro_coins" title="Portuguese euro coins">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_euro_coins" title="Slovak euro coins">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_euro_coins" title="Slovenian euro coins">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_euro_coins" title="Spanish euro coins">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Agreed_direct_usage_with_minting_rights" title="Euro">Monetary agreement with EU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_and_the_euro" title="Andorra and the euro">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mon%C3%A9gasque_euro_coins" title="Monégasque euro coins">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_euro_coins" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammarinese euro coins">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_euro_coins" title="Vatican euro coins">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Agreed_direct_usage_without_minting_rights" title="Euro">Non-EU territories<br /> using euro per agreement<br /> without minting rights</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Potential adoption by<br />other countries</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_and_the_euro" title="Bulgaria and the euro">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_and_the_euro" title="Czech Republic and the euro">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_and_the_euro" title="Denmark and the euro">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_and_the_euro" title="Hungary and the euro">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_and_the_euro" title="Poland and the euro">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_and_the_euro" title="Romania and the euro">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_and_the_euro" title="Sweden and the euro">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Euro#Unilateral_direct_usage" title="Euro">Countries and territories<br />using euro unilaterally</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_the_euro" title="Kosovo and the euro">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_and_the_euro" title="Montenegro and the euro">Montenegro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Currencies_of_the_European_Union" title="Currencies of the European Union">Other extant EU currencies</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">ERM <span style="font-family:serif;">II</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_lev" title="Bulgarian lev">Bulgarian lev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_krone" title="Danish krone">Danish krone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czech_koruna" title="Czech koruna">Czech koruna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_forint" title="Hungarian forint">Hungarian forint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_z%C5%82oty" title="Polish złoty">Polish złoty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_leu" title="Romanian leu">Romanian leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">Swedish krona</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_euro" title="History of the euro">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em;font-weight:normal;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Snake_in_the_tunnel" title="Snake in the tunnel">Snake in the tunnel</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_System" title="European Monetary System">European Monetary System</a> <ul><li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">I</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/European_Currency_Unit" title="European Currency Unit">ECU</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">II</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism" title="European Exchange Rate Mechanism">ERM</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:serif;font-size:85%;">III</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Monetary_Union_of_the_European_Union" title="Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union">EMU</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Cooperation_Fund" title="European Monetary Cooperation Fund">European Monetary Cooperation Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delors_Committee" title="Delors Committee">Delors Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Monetary_Institute" title="European Monetary Institute">European Monetary Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_eurozone" title="Enlargement of the eurozone">Enlargement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Wednesday" title="Black Wednesday">Black Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_debt_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="European debt crisis">European debt crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_eurozone" title="Withdrawal from the eurozone">Withdrawal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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