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Mozambican escudo
500 Escudos
ISO 4217
Code
MZE before 2006: MZM
Unit
Symbol
?
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100
Centavo
Banknotes
50, 100, 500, 1000 escudos
Coins
10, 20, 50 centavos, 1, 2+1⁄2, 5, 10, 20 escudos
Demographics
User(s)
Mozambique
Issuance
Central bank
Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Valuation
Inflation
?%
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
The escudo was the currency of Mozambique from 1914 until 1980. It was subdivided into 100 centavos.[1][2]
^Mata, Maria Eugénia (2020). The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone: its impact in colonial and post-colonial Africa. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 220. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33857-2. ISBN 978-3-030-33857-2.
^Gyllenbok, Jan (2018). Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures. Cham: Birkhäuser. p. 1769. ISBN 9783319667126.
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