What is "escudos"

Usage examples of "escudos".

Buried under the earthen floor of his hut was nearly a thousand silver Portuguese escudos and half again as many golden Deutschmarks.

Some of this had been expended on the hire of canoes to cross the Rovuma, but there was still eighty escudos left.

Entre un nicho y otro, los muros aparecían cubiertos de tapices de terciopelo negro, y entre éstos colgaban escudos y armas cruzadas con formas fantásticas.

Aparecían en los escudos de los guardias que se encontraban en las puertas y en la parte delantera de sus cascos de bronce.

The agent joined them there after a few minutes and while the girl kept watch at the door, to warn them of a surprise raid by the colonial police, the man handed Moses the travel documents he had prepared for him, a small bundle of second-hand clothing, and sufficient escudos to see him across the border and as far as the Witwatersrand gold-mines.