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{{short description|Currency historically used in Portugal and its colonies}}
{{about|the coin|the car|Suzuki Escudo}}
{{Coin image box 1 double
| header = 1  [[Portuguese Indian escudo|Indian Escudo]] (1959)
| image =  File:1 Escudo (1959).jpg
| caption_left  = '''Obverse''': Lettering "ESTADO·DA·INDIA" [{{translation|State of India}}], face value with the [[Coat of arms of Portugal]] in the center.
| caption_right  = '''Reverse''': Lettering "REPÚBLICA · PORTUGUESA" [{{translation|Portuguese Republic}}], with the year and the [[Coat of arms of Portugal]] in the center.
| width = 250
| footer =  6,000,000 coins minted. This coin was from [[Portuguese India|Portuguese State of India]] which lasted till 1961
| position =  right
| margin = 0
}}

[[Image:Escudo Juana-Carlos I.jpg|right|thumb|[[Joanna of Castile|Juana]] and [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles&nbsp;I]]. 1504–1555. AV Escudo (24 mm, 3.38 g, 9 h). [[Seville]] mint.]]
[[Image:PRT002.JPG|right|thumb|Portuguese coin of 1 escudo, 1987]]
The '''escudo''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in [[Cape Verde]], and which has been used by [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] and their colonies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colnect.com/en/coins/countries/item_name/escudo |title=World escudo coins on Colnect coin catalog |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624212607/http://colnect.com/de/coins/countries/item_name/escudo |archive-date=24 June 2013 |work=[[Colnect]] |url-status=live }}</ref> The original coin was worth 16 silver {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese real|reais]]}}. The [[Cape Verdean escudo]] is, and the [[Portuguese escudo]] was, subdivided into 100 {{lang|pt|[[centavo]]s}}. Its symbol is the {{lang|pt|[[Cifrão]]}}, a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, {{Cifrão|25|50}}).

In Spain and its colonies, the ''[[Spanish escudo|escudo]]'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen ''[[Spanish real|reales]] de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''.

==Currencies named "escudo"==

===Circulating===
*[[Cape Verdean escudo]]

===Obsolete===
*[[Angolan escudo]]
*[[Chilean escudo]]
*[[Écu|French écu]]
*[[Mozambican escudo]]
*[[Portuguese escudo]]
*[[Portuguese Guinean escudo]]
*[[Portuguese Indian escudo]]
*[[Portuguese Timorese escudo]]
*[[São Tomé and Príncipe escudo]]
*[[Spanish escudo]]

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