A Portuguese gold coin current in the 16th cent.; a cruzado; = Portugal, n. 2.

A Portuguese coin bearing the figure of a cross, originally of gold, later also of silver; the new crusado is of 480 reis (16¼ grains of gold or…

= portague, n. Obsolete. rare.

A Portuguese gold coin current in the 16th cent.; a cruzado; = portague, n. Obsolete.

Any of various silver coins current in Portuguese and Spanish territories from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Now historical.

In the coinage of Portugal and countries subsequently colonized from there: A small silver coin of the value of 20 reis; also, a copper coin of the…

(a) In Portugal and Brazil: a unit of money used in accounts and for determining the values of coins and paper money, equal to one thousand reis…

= patacon, n. Now historical.

A Portuguese gold coin current in England and its colonies in the first half of the 18th cent., then worth about 27 shillings (now historical). Hence…

A Portuguese and Brazilian gold coin and monetary unit of the 18th cent. equivalent to eight escudos; = double Johannes at Johannes, n. Obsolete.

The name by which the Portuguese dobra de quatro escudos or peça of Joannes or João V (1703–1750), a gold coin of the value of 6,400 reis, or about…

= Johannes, n., a Portuguese gold coin.

A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America. Cf. half Johannes at Johannes, n.

A Portuguese silver coin, originally of the value of a crown: the currency of Portugal until the adoption of the euro in January 1999 (see Euro, n.2…

A monetary unit equivalent to one-hundredth of the principal unit in various countries (esp. in South and Central America) formerly under Spanish…