Portuguese escudo

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The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former national currency
cashEuroChangeover 2002
category Currencies of Portugal
Currencies replaced by the euro
centralBank Banco de Portugal
country Portugal
currencyCodeNumeric 620
currencyOf Portugal
surface form: Portuguese Republic
dateOfIntroduction 1911
denominationType banknote
coin
etymology from Portuguese "escudo" meaning "shield"
euroAdoptionPhaseInStart 1999
euroAdoptionPhaseOutEnd 2002
fixedConversionRateToEuro 1 EUR = 200.482 PTE
hadSubunitName centavo
introducedAfter Republican Revolution of 1910
surface form: 1910 Portuguese Republican revolution
ISO4217Code PTE
languageOfName Portuguese
legalTenderStatusEnded 2002
monetaryAuthority Banco de Portugal
nameInPortuguese escudo português
nonCashEuroChangeover 1999
officialIn Portugal
precededBy Portuguese real
region Europe
replaced Portuguese real
replacedBy euro
status obsolete
subunit centavo
subunitToUnit 100 centavos = 1 escudo
succeededBy euro
symbol $
timePeriod 20th century
early 21st century
usedFor domestic payments
pricing of goods and services
wages
usedIn Azores
Madeira
mainland Portugal
surface form: Portuguese mainland
usedUntil 2002
wasDecimalCurrency true
wasLegalTenderIn Portuguese colonies at various times
wasPeggedTo euro
wasReplacedInContextOf European Union economic and monetary union
surface form: European Economic and Monetary Union
yearOfIntroduction 1911

Referenced by (12)

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Euro replacedCurrency Portuguese escudo
Macanese pataca historicalAssociation Portuguese escudo
First Portuguese Republic currency Portuguese escudo
Portuguese India currency Portuguese escudo
this entity surface form: Portuguese Indian escudo
euro (indirectly, via later French franc) replacedCurrency Portuguese escudo
subject surface form: euro
Estado Novo (Portugal) currency Portuguese escudo
Mozambican escudo peggedTo Portuguese escudo
Portuguese real replacedBy Portuguese escudo
Portuguese real successorCurrency Portuguese escudo
Portuguese Indian rupia replacedBy Portuguese escudo
this entity surface form: escudo of Portuguese India
Provisional Government of Portugal currency Portuguese escudo
euro replacedCurrency Portuguese escudo