Portuguese escudos banknotes
Euro Coin Exchange will exchange most Portuguese escudos paper money for dollars. Specifically, we buy most Portuguese banknotes which were still in general circulation within the last twenty years. We do not buy Portuguese escudo coins.
We will buy all of the notes pictured below:

10,000 escudos – Picture: Egas Moniz
Entered into circulation: 02/10/1989
Retired from circulation: 31/12/1997
Prescription date (absolute deadline): 01/01/2018

10,000 escudos – Picture: Infante D. Henrique
Entered into circulation 22/10/1996
Retired from circulation 28/02/2002
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/03/2022

5,000 escudos – Picture: Antero de Quental
Entered into circulation 28/09/1987
Retired from circulation 31/12/1997
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/01/2018

5,000 escudos – Picture: Antero de Quental (series 2A)
Entered into circulation 30/03/1989
Retired from circulation 31/12/1997
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/01/2018

5,000 escudos – Picture: Vasco da Gama
Entered into circulation 15/02/1996
Retired from circulation 28/02/2002
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/03/2022

2,000 escudos – Picture: Bartolomeu Dias
Entered into circulation: 23/10/1991
Retired from circulation 31/12/1997
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/01/2018

2,000 escudos – Picture: Bartolomeu Dias
Entered into circulation 15/02/1996
Retired from circulation 28/02/2002
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/03/2022

1,000 escudos – Picture: Teófilo Braga
Entered into circulation 04/08/1988
Retired from circulation 31/12/1997
Prescription date (absolute deadline): 01/01/2018

1,000 escudos – Picture: Pedro Alvares Cabral
Entered into circulation 22/10/1996
Retired from circulation 28/02/2002
Prescription date (absolute deadline): 01/03/2022

500 escudos – Picture: Mouzinho da Silveira
Entered into circulation 21/11/1988
Retired from circulation 30/04/1998
Prescription date (absolute deadline) 01/05/2018

500 escudos – Picture: João de Barros
Entered into circulation 17/09/1997
Retired from circulation 28/02/2002
Prescription date (absolute deadline): 01/03/2022
Images and associated information courtesy of Banco de Portugal, the central bank of the Portuguese Republic






