What be portugals currency earlier it switched to the euro?
I have a coin that right to be heard on the back "depublica portuguesa" it is from 1985 and have a sail boat on the rear legs on the front it has the coat of arms and say aloud "2$50" I am wondering f it has any current efficacy that i can conert it to canadian or if it worth anything at a coin shop, just wondering
Answers: The identify of the currency used before the Euro contained by Portugal is the Escudos. I cannot find anywhere how to convert an Escudos to a Canadian dollar or dollars, but I think that the Euro of the plus of your Escudos is worth $158.99 CAD. However, the value of Euro to Escudos may not be equal. And I think I found a picture of what you be talking going on for...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
If that is it, next you can probably get more information on Google. If it isn't, you should clutch it to a coin shop or someone who is an expert on value of former foriegn currency conversion.
Escudo, meaning, bring this: Coat of Arms (hence the coat of arms on the face of the coin) an Escudo be worth about 2 ptas, (I be living in Spain at the time, and thought more within Spanish than American money). A Peseta was going on for 1 cent. so, somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 cents, making your 2.50 escudo coin roughly the same as a nickel, here.
Here's your answer!
-Currency : Escudos (PTE) till 28/02/2002
-1 escudo = 100 Centavos (centavos are ... 1 Euro = 200482 escudos)
More info: http://www.portalino.it/banks/euro/europ...
Hope this help!
Missa
The Escudo.
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