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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 national emblem of Cape Verde contains a circle within which is written the name of the nation in Portuguese; also in this circle are a torch and triangle, symbols of freedom and national unity. The circle is ringed with ten stars, that represent the islands of Cape Verde, and is similar to the symbolism on the flag of Cape Verde.
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Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, local Portuguese: [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 ...
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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.
The islands of Cape Verde were discovered in 1444 by Prince Henry the Navigator (Son of King John I) and Antonio Noli, in the service of Henry's relative King Afonso V.The southeastern islands, including the largest island Santiago, were discovered in 1460 by António de Noli and Diogo Gomes.