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Mozambican escudo

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Roman solidus

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Mozambican escudo: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Portuguese escudoPortuguese escudo 1911–1914 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1911–1914 Mozambican meticalMozambican metical 1980 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1980 Mozambican escudoMozambican escudo Currency history

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Mozambican escudo

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

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The story

The metical replaced the escudo circulating in Mozambique in June 1980. [1]

Add Mozambique’s statutory public/private account-system anchor effective January 1, 1914; include earlier real reckoning as an internal pre-1914 phase where independently evidenced. Do not split the unit solely at real-to-escudo rescaling. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Banco de Moçambique · 43rd anniversary of the metical
  2. primary legislation · Portugal, Decreto n.º 141, 18 September 1913; United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933

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“Mozambican escudo.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000157.html

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