100 Escudo Portuguese Republic (1975 - ) Copper/Nickel

        Overview
            
                    Coins 
                    (2) 
            
        Prices (1)
            
        Sell/Buy
        
        Edit
            
            Visits

Improve description

Denomination:

100 Escudo (about Escudo)

Metal:

Copper

Nickel

State:

Portuguese Republic (1975 - )

Issue year(s):

1989

Some description in: Русский

2 coins in the group

(606 X 304 pixels, file size: ~46K)
Posted by: spider 2009-09-24

(805 X 400 pixels, file size: ~88K)
Posted by: gcoins 2010-08-24
Португалия 100 эскудо (1989 г.) Медь-Никель

Articles

Escudo The escudo is a unit of currency. It was used in Portugal and in their colonies and continues in use in several nations today. Currently, Cape Verde uses the escudo as its unit of currency. Escudo is Portuguese for “shield”.Angolan escudoChilean escudoCape Verdean escudoMozambican escudoPortuguese escudoPortuguese Guinean escudoPor ...

more ...

Origin of the name for Escudo Portuguese The term "Escudo," which means "shield" in Portuguese, was adopted as the name for the currency of Portugal and its former colonies. The name has historical significance and reflects the emblematic role of the shield in Portuguese heraldry and symbolism.The Escudo was introduced as the official currency of Portugal in 1911, replacing the Portu ...

more ...

Portuguese Escudo The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and was removed from circulation on 28 February 2002. The ISO 4217 code of the escudo was PTE. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was the cifrão (), similar to the dollar sign, but with two strokes. Amounts in escudos were writt ...

more ...

Related items recently sold in WWW

Sold for: $6.0
NETHERLANDS 10 Ecu 1990 - Copper-Nickel - Geert Groote - UNC - 701 *

Sold for: $19.0
FRANCE 10 Euro 2022 - Billon / Silver 0.333 - 50th Anniv. of Smiley - aUNC -612*

Sold for: $26.0
GREECE 5 Euro 2021 Prooflike - Billon / Silver 0.333 - Campanula Saxatalis -611*

		1	2	3	4	5

		1	2	3	4

You may be interested in following coins

20 Escudo Portuguese Angola (1575-1975) / Portugal Silver

20 Escudo Portuguese Angola (1575-1975) ...
group has 12 coins / 10 prices

8 Escudo Second Federal Republic of Mexico (1846 - 1863) Gold

8 Escudo Second Federal Republic of Mexi ...
group has 23 coins / 22 prices

20 Centavo Cape Verde (1456 - 1975) Bronze
group has 4 coins / 3 prices

Recent updates

2026-06-29 - New coin is added to 5 Lira Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gold Victor Emmanuel II ...

5 Lira Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gold Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820 - 1878)

5 Lira Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gold Victor Emmanuel II ...
group has 19 coins / 19 prices

⇑

1863,ITALIEN. Königreich. Vittorio Emanuele II. 1861-1878. 5 Lire 1863 T, Torino. 1.60 g. Mont. 159. Pagani 479. Fr. 16. Sehr schön-vorzüglich / Very fine-extremely fine. (~€ 105/USD 120)

2026-06-29 - New coin is added to 10 Mark Bremen (state) Gold