He served there for seven years in a most satisfactory manner, when he came to these islands with pay of eighty escudos.
Examplesofescudo
escudo
The huipiles feature decorated borders and have a squareescudoon the chest.
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The franc, the peseta, theescudo, the punt and others have at different times been put under great pressure.
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But the estimates for the cost to rebuild and repair the damage exceed 13, 000 million escudos.
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According to relatively modest estimates, the losses suffered by private individuals, public bodies and businesses amount to over 10 billion escudos.
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The material damage is estimated at around 20 billion escudos.
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A wallet containing several papers and money in the amount of 8 thousand escudos was found with the deceased.
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I regret to say that, apart from massive material damage, which according to our information represents a cost of over five billion escudos, we have to mourn 29 dead.
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There were almost as many false 500 escudos banknotes as real ones.
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Thus, the currency reform constituted a devaluation of theescudobanknotes.
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Between 1968 and 1971, base metal coins replaced the silver 5, 10 and 20 escudos.
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The last coins denominated in reales were issued in 1850, whilst the lastescudocoins were issued in 1864.
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Over theescudois an open book representing the continuous search for knowledge by the seminarians through diligent studies.
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It replaced theescudoat par and was subdivided into 100 "lwei".
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Regular-type notes were introduced in 1962 in denominations of, 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 escudos.
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In 1971, a new coinage was introduced, consisting of aluminium-bronze 10, 20 and 50 centsimos and cupro-nickel 1, 2 and 5 escudos.
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