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Posted 02/13/2011   06:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Horamkhet to your friends list Get a Link to this Message


Hi to all

All the other portuguese stamps I have in this series, have the $ before the numeral but these two have it after the numeral. As I do not know anything about Portuguese Currency is this correct?
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Horamakhet
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Posted 02/13/2011   07:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 22crows to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
"The escudo, sign: $ was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos.

Amounts in escudos were written as escudos$centavos with the cifrão ($) as the decimal separator (e.g. 25$00 means 25 escudos, 100$50 means 100 escudos and 50 centavos)."

Your 2 stamps are denominated 1 escudo. The other stamps you refer to are denominated in centavos (e.g. $05).
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Hi 22 crows

Thank you for that.
Bit by bit I am slowly sorting the family accumulation. I am sorting them all into countries and then apart from the ones I want to keep, I will sell them at auction as an accumulation of collections.
I am going to specialize in New Zealand, Australia and USA, I know it sounds a lot to specialize in three countries, but it will keep me occupied on cold winter nights.
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Horamakhet
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