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The escudo became the currency of Cape Verde in 1914. It replaced the Cape Verdean real at a rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo. Until 1930, Cape Verde used Portuguese coins, although banknotes were issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino specifically for Cape Verde beginning in 1865. Until independence in 1975, the Cape Verde escudo was equal to ...
The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol is the Cifrão, a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, 25 50). In Spain and its colonies, the escudo refers to a gold coin worth sixteen reales de plata or forty reales de vellón.
Gold escudos worth 1.6 milréis (or 1.600; not to be confused with the 20th-century currency) were issued from 1722 to 1800 in denominations of 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos. The escudo (gold) was again introduced on 22 May 1911, after the 1910 Republican revolution, to replace the real at the rate of 1,000 réis to 1 escudo.
Escudo Angolan escudo – Angola; Cape Verdean escudo – Cape Verde; Chilean escudo – Chile; Mozambican escudo – Mozambique; Portuguese escudo – Portugal; Portuguese Guinean escudo – Guinea Bissau; Portuguese Indian escudo – Portuguese India; Portuguese Timorese escudo – East Timor; São Tomé and Príncipe escudo – São Tomé ...
USD Cent: 100 Cameroon: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Canada: Canadian dollar $ CAD Cent: 100 Cape Verde: Cape Verdean escudo: CVE Centavo: 100 Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands dollar $ KYD Cent: 100 Central African Republic: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Chad: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime ...
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The dollar sign, also known as the ... Car for sale in Cape Verde, ... It is the official sign of the Cape Verdean escudo (ISO 4217: CVE). In 1911, ...