Escudo

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The escudo is a unit of currency. It was used in Portugal and its colonies and continues in use in several nations today. Currently, Cape Verde uses the escudo as its unit of currency. Escudo is Portuguese and Spanish for "shield". The following articles contain more information (list may not contain all historical escudos):

[edit] Current

• Cape Verdean escudo

[edit] Obsolete

• Angolan escudo
• Chilean escudo
• Mozambican escudo
• Portuguese escudo
• Portuguese Guinean escudo
• Portuguese Indian escudo
• Portuguese Timorese escudo
• São Tomé and Príncipe escudo
• Spanish gold escudo
• Spanish silver escudo

v • d • e Currencies named escudo or similar Circulating Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete Angolan escudo · Bolivian scudo · Chilean escudo · Italian scudo · Lombardy-Venetia scudo · Maltese scudo · Milanese scudo · Mozambican escudo · Papal States scudo · Portuguese escudo · Portuguese Guinean escudo · Portuguese Indian escudo · Portuguese Timorese escudo · São Tomé and Príncipe escudo · Spanish escudo