1 PTE to CRC Costa Rican Colon

1 PTE to CRC Costa Rican Colon

Portugal Escudo

 Portugal Escudo ,

The Portuguese escudo was the currency of Portugal from May 22, 1911, until the introduction of the euro on January 1, 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. The word escudo derives from the scutum shield.

Amounts in escudos were written as escudos Cifrão symbol.svg centavos with the cifrão as the decimal separator (for example: 25Cifrão symbol.svg00 means 25.00Cifrão symbol.svg, 100Cifrão symbol.svg50 means 100.50Cifrão symbol.svg). Because of the conveWiki
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Costa Rica Colon

 

Colón (plural: colony; sign: ₡; code: CRC) is the currency of Costa Rica. It was named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristobal Colón in Spanish.

History

The colón was introduced in 1896, replacing the Costa Rican peso at par. The colon is subdivided into 100 centimes, although between 1917 and 1919 coins were issued using the name centavo for 1/100 of the colon. The colóns were issued by various banks in the first half of the twentieth century, but since 1951 theWiki
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