Portuguese Timorese escudo

Infobox Currency
currency_name_in_local = escudo timorense pt icon
using_countries = Portuguese Timor
subunit_ratio_1 = 1/100
subunit_name_1 = centavo
used_coins = 10, 20, 50 centavos, 1, 2½, 5 and 10 escudos
used_banknotes = 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 escudos
issuing_authority = Banco Nacional Ultramarino
obsolete_notice = Y

The escudo was the currency of Portuguese Timor between 1959 and 1976. It replaced the pataca at a rate of 5.6 escudos = 1 pataca and was equivalent to the Portuguese escudo. It was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah following East Timor's occupation by Indonesia. The escudo was subdivided into 100 "centavos".

East Timor (formerly Portuguese Timor) now uses the U.S. dollar and has its own coins in circulation.

Coins

The first coins issued, dated 1958, were in denominations of 10, 30 and 60 centavos, 1, 3 and 6 escudos. The unusual denominations (see also the banknotes, below) may have been due to the exchange rate from the previous currency. The 10 and 30 centavos were struck in bronze, the 60 centavos and 1 escudo in cupro-nickel, and the 3 and 6 escudos in silver. In 1964, a silver 10 escudos was introduced, followed, in 1970, by more conventional denominations of 20 and 50 centavos, 1, 2½, 5 and 10 escudos. The 20 and 50 centavos and 1 escudo were struck in bronze, with the higher denominations struck in cupro-nickel.

Banknotes

The first banknotes, dated 1959, were in denominations of 30, 60, 100 and 500 escudos. In 1967, 20 and 50 escudos notes were introduced, followed by 1000 escudos in 1968. All paper money was issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino.

ee also

*Cifrão

References

*numis cite SCWC|date=1991
*numis cite SCWPM|date=1994

External links

Standard numismatics external links
world_coin_gallery_1_url = Timor
world_coin_gallery_1_name = East Timor
banknote_world_1_url = timor
banknote_world_1_name = East Timor
dollarization_1_url = tp
dollarization_1_name = East Timor
gfd_1_url =
gfd_1_name =
gfd_data_1_url =
gfd_data_1_name =
show_gfd_excel = Y
* [http://www.coinsv.narod.ru/c_pages/timor.htm Coins]