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Portuguese coins from 20 century are one of the most interesting coins because of the historical symbols on them. In the 15th - 16th centuries, Portugal was one of the most powerful empires with a large and developed fleet. They call this period: The age of Discovery. They had famous explorers like Fernando Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Portugal established colonies all over the world, like Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Macau, Timor - Leste, Sao Tome, and Principe, Guinea. Some of them spoke Portuguese language and have Escudos as their main currency.

Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal before adopting the euro in 1999. Escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos and the name of the currency derives from the scutum shield. Coins have symbols related to history: animals of Brazil, compass, maps, sailing ships, and famous persons. P.S. the cross on some centavos is actually made from dots (bezants) that are the coins produced by the government of the Byzantine Empire.

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