The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and was removed from circulation on 28 February 2002. The ISO 4217 code of the escudo was PTE. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was the cifrão (), similar to the dollar sign, b ... |
The Spanish céntimo and the peseta were both units of currency used in Spain during the 19th and 20th centuries, with the peseta being the primary unit of currency and the céntimo representing a fraction of the peseta.Spanish Peseta:The peseta was introduced as Spain’s official currency in 1868 ... |
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, reigning from 1894 until his abdication in 1917 during the Russian Revolution. While Nicholas II did not personally issue copper coins, his reign saw the issuance of various copper coins in the Russian Empire’s currency system. These coins bore his li ... |