Cape Verdean escudo

Cape Verdean escudo
escudo cabo-verdiano (Portuguese) ; skudu kabuverdianu (Kabuverdianu);
	Current coins of different denominations
ISO 4217
Code	CVE (numeric: 132)
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Symbol	,‎ $, or Esc[citation needed]
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	centavo (discontinued)
Banknotes	200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 escudos
Coins
Freq. used	5, 10, 20, 50, 100 escudos
Rarely used	1, 200, 250 escudos
Demographics
Replaced	Cape Verdean real
User(s)	Cabo Verde
Issuance
Central bank	Bank of Cape Verde
Website	www.bcv.cv
Valuation
Inflation	0.6%
Source	September 2015
Pegged with	euro (1 EUR = 110.265 CVE)

The escudo (sign: ;^[2] ISO 4217: CVE) is the currency of the Republic of Cape Verde. One escudo is subdivided into one hundred centavos.

Amounts are generally written by using the cifrão () as the decimal separator, such as 2000 for 20 escudos, or 1.00000 for 1000.

^ Banco de Cabo Verde. "Moedas Archived 22 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 February 2011.
^ Because of the difficulty in supporting rendering for the cifrão sign (double barrd dollarsign: , the dollar sign $ is frequently employed even for official purposes.