1937 Portuguese Silver 5 Escudos Portugal - F/VF - Rarer Date, Beautiful Design - Republica Portugesa Five Escudos 1937 - Portuguese Coin

1937 Portuguese 5 Escudos. Silver. Rarer date! Only 1.5 Million made.

The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver reais. The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol is the Cifrão, a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision.

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1937 Portuguese Silver 5 Escudos Portugal - VF - Rarer Date, Beautiful Design - Republica Portugesa Five Escudos 1937 - Portuguese Coin