Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Roman solidus
Where this money came from
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The story
The surviving evidence establishes this unit of account, but a fuller narrative is still being developed. Its known connections are shown above; the research page documents what is established and what remains uncertain.
Turning points
Redenominated as
Portugal established the escudo at one thousand réis per escudo. [1]
Euro monetary substitution
1 EUR = 200.482 PTE. Portugal: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [2] [3] [4]
Euro cash changeover
Portugal: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Banco de Portugal · Boletim Notas e Moedas, October 2010 C1011 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C682 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C683 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C646 ↗
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“Portuguese escudo.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000152.html