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The escudo --- subdivided into 100 centavos. -- was the currency of Portugal prior to the
introduction of the euro
The escudo was introduced after the 1910 Republican revolution, to
replace the real
The Casa da Moeda issued notes for 5, 10 and 20 centavos between 1917
and 1925 whilst, between 1913 and 1922, the Banco de Portugal introduced
notes for 50 centavos, 1, 2½, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 escudos.
50 centavos and 1 escudo notes ceased production in 1920, followed by
2½, 5 and 10 escudos in 1925 and 1926. 5000 escudos notes were
introduced in 1942.
The last 20 and 50 escudos notes were printed dated 1978 and 1980
replaced the same year by 10,000 escudos
Banknotes in circulation at the time of the changeover to the euro were:
500 , 1000, 2000 , 5000 and 10,000
The final Escudo banknote series featured
João de Barros, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator.
and Fernando Pessoa, the famous
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