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Cape Verdean escudo

Cape Verdean escudo: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
CVE
Ancestry branch
Roman solidus
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The story

The bank's institutional timeline dates the first national currency issue to 1977. [1]

Cabo Verde’s national escudo notes replaced Banco Nacional Ultramarino notes in 1977. This documents an issuer/issue transition; a distinct colonial-to-national account-unit boundary has not been established. [2]

Cabo Verde had locally differentiated real issues by 1865 and escudo accounting from 1914. This is a qualified extension of the existing identity; the 1977 issuer change does not create another currency. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. Banco de Cabo Verde · Brochura Institucional Banco de Cabo Verde 2022 C584 ↗
  2. Banco de Cabo Verde · História C1160 ↗
  3. Patrick Imam · Patrick Imam, Introducing the Euro as Legal Tender—Benefits and Costs of Eurorization for Cape Verde, IMF WP09/146 (2009) C1191 ↗

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“Cape Verdean escudo.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000153.html

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