What is Portuguese escudo?
{{Infobox currency |currency_name_in_local={{native name|pt|Escudo português}} |ERM_fixed_rate ={{Cifrão|200.482}} |mint_website =www.incm.pt |mint =Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda |issuing_authority_website=www.bportugal.pt |issuing_authority =[[Banco de Portugal]] |rarely_used_banknotes = |frequently_used_banknotes={{Cifrão|500}}, {{Cifrão|1,000}}, {{Cifrão|2,000}}, {{Cifrão|5,000}}, {{Cifrão|10,000}} (2001) |rarely_used_coins = |frequently_used_coins ={{Cifrão|1}}, {{Cifrão|5}}, {{Cifrão|10}}, {{Cifrão|20}}, {{Cifrão|50}}, {{Cifrão|100}}, {{Cifrão|200}} (2001) |plural_subunit_1 =centavos |plural=escudos |symbol =[[File:Cifrão symbol.svg|15px]] ({{Cifrão}}; substituted with {{angbr|$}} when {{angbr|{{Cifrão}}}} not available) |subunit_name_1 =[[centavo]] |subunit_ratio_1 ={{frac|100}} |euro_replace_cash =1 January 2002 |image_1 =Portugal 1 escudo.JPG |euro_replace_non_cash =1 January 1999 |ERM_fixed_rate_since =31 December 1998 |ERM_since =19 June 1989 |using_countries =previously: [[Portugal]] |iso_number = |iso_code =PTE |inflation_source_date =[http://www.worldpress.org/profiles/Portugal.cfm worldpress.org] |inflation_rate =2.8% (2000) |image_width_2 =100 |image_title_2 = |image_2 =Portugal 1 escudo 2.JPG |image_width_1 =100 |image_title_1 =1 escudo (1993) |obsolete_notice =Y }} The '''Portuguese escudo''' was the [[currency]] of [[Portugal]] prior to the introduction of the [[euro]] on 1 January 1999 and the removal of the escudo from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 {{lang|pt|[[centavo]]s}}. The word {{lang|pt|escudo}} derives from the [[Scutum (shield)|scutum shield]]. Amounts in escudos were written as {{lang|pt|escudos}} {{Cifrão}} {{lang|pt|centavos}} with the {{lang|pt|[[cifrão]]}} as the decimal separator (for example: {{Cifrão|25|00}} means {{Cifrão|25.00}}, {{Cifrão|100|