Portuguese escudo

The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999 and the removal of the escudo from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. The word escudo derives from the scutum shield.

Portuguese escudo
Escudo português  (Portuguese)
1 escudo (1993)
ISO 4217 Code	PTE
User(s)	previously:  Portugal
Inflation	2.8% (2000)
Source	worldpress.org
ERM
Since	19 June 1989
Fixed rate since	31 December 1998
Replaced by €, non cash	1 January 1999
Replaced by €, cash	1 January 2002
€ =	Template:Cifrão
Subunit
​1⁄100	centavo
Symbol	(Template:Cifrão; substituted with ⟨$⟩ when ⟨Template:Cifrão⟩ not available)
Plural	escudos
centavo	centavos
Coins
Freq. used	Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão (2001)
Banknotes
Freq. used	Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão (2001)
Central bank	Banco de Portugal
Website	[http://www.bportugal.pt www.bportugal.pt]
Mint	Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda
Website	[http://www.incm.pt www.incm.pt]
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

Amounts in escudos were written as escudos Template:Cifrão centavos with the cifrão as the decimal separator (for example: Template:Cifrão means Template:Cifrão, Template:Cifrão means Template:Cifrão). Because of the conversion rate of 1000 réis = Template:Cifrão, three decimal places were initially used (Template:Cifrão = Template:Cifrão).