Cape Verdean escudo

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

Cape Verdean escudo
  • escudo cabo-verdiano (Portuguese)
  • skudu kabuverdianu (Kabuverdianu)
Current coins of different denominations
ISO 4217
CodeCVE (numeric: 132)
Subunit0.01
Unit
Symbol, $, or Esc
Denominations
Subunit
1100centavo (discontinued)
Banknotes200, 500, 1000, 2000, 2500, 5000 escudos
Coins
Freq. used5, 10, 20, 50, 100 escudos
Rarely used1, 200, 250 escudos
Demographics
User(s) Cabo Verde
Issuance
Central bankBank of Cape Verde
Websitewww.bcv.cv
Valuation
Inflation0.6%
SourceSeptember 2015
Pegged witheuro (1 EUR = 110.265 CVE)

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

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