
right|thumb|Joanna of Castile|Juana and Charles I. 1504–1555. AV Escudo (24 mm, 3.38 g, 9 h). [[Seville mint.]] right|thumb|Portuguese coin of 1 escudo, 1987 The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ).
right|thumb|Joanna of Castile|Juana and Charles I. 1504–1555. AV Escudo (24 mm, 3.38 g, 9 h). [[Seville mint.]] right|thumb|Portuguese coin of 1 escudo, 1987 The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ).
In Spain and its colonies, the escudo refers to a gold coin worth sixteen reales de plata or forty reales de vellón.
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