# Escudo

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{{short description|Currency historically used in Portugal and its colonies}}
{{about|the coin|the car|Suzuki Escudo}}
{{Coin image box 1 double
| header = 1  [Indian Escudo](/source/Portuguese_Indian_escudo) (1959)
| image =  File:1 Escudo (1959).jpg
| caption_left  = '''Obverse''': Lettering "ESTADO·DA·INDIA" [{{translation|State of India}}], face value with the [Coat of arms of Portugal](/source/Coat_of_arms_of_Portugal) in the center.
| caption_right  = '''Reverse''': Lettering "REPÚBLICA · PORTUGUESA" [{{translation|Portuguese Republic}}], with the year and the [Coat of arms of Portugal](/source/Coat_of_arms_of_Portugal) in the center.
| width = 250
| footer =  6,000,000 coins minted. This coin was from [Portuguese State of India](/source/Portuguese_India) which lasted till 1961
| position =  right
| margin = 0
}}

[[Image:Escudo Juana-Carlos I.jpg|right|thumb|[Juana](/source/Joanna_of_Castile) and [Charles I](/source/Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor). 1504–1555. AV Escudo (24 mm, 3.38 g, 9 h). [Seville](/source/Seville) mint.]]
right|thumb|Portuguese coin of 1 escudo, 1987
The '''escudo''' ([Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language): 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde), and which has been used by [Portugal](/source/Portugal), [Spain](/source/Spain) and their colonies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colnect.com/en/coins/countries/item_name/escudo |title=World escudo coins on Colnect coin catalog |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624212607/http://colnect.com/de/coins/countries/item_name/escudo |archive-date=24 June 2013 |work=[Colnect](/source/Colnect) |url-status=live }}</ref> The original coin was worth 16 silver {{lang|pt|[reais](/source/Portuguese_real)}}. The [Cape Verdean escudo](/source/Cape_Verdean_escudo) is, and the [Portuguese escudo](/source/Portuguese_escudo) was, subdivided into 100 {{lang|pt|[centavo](/source/centavo)s}}. Its symbol is the {{lang|pt|[Cifrão](/source/Cifr%C3%A3o)}}, a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, {{Cifrão|25|50}}).

In Spain and its colonies, the ''[escudo](/source/Spanish_escudo)'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen ''[reales](/source/Spanish_real) de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''.

==Currencies named "escudo"==

===Circulating===
*[Cape Verdean escudo](/source/Cape_Verdean_escudo)

===Obsolete===
*[Angolan escudo](/source/Angolan_escudo)
*[Chilean escudo](/source/Chilean_escudo)
*[French écu](/source/%C3%89cu)
*[Mozambican escudo](/source/Mozambican_escudo)
*[Portuguese escudo](/source/Portuguese_escudo)
*[Portuguese Guinean escudo](/source/Portuguese_Guinean_escudo)
*[Portuguese Indian escudo](/source/Portuguese_Indian_escudo)
*[Portuguese Timorese escudo](/source/Portuguese_Timorese_escudo)
*[São Tomé and Príncipe escudo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_escudo)
*[Spanish escudo](/source/Spanish_escudo)

==References==
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Category:Denominations (currency)

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