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Word: escudos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been balanced only twice in the previous 74 years. Salazar took over with a strong hand, made even the generals his servants. Today Portugal enjoys relative stability: she has no inflation, her payments with the outside world are in balance, her national wealth is 150% above 1946, her escudo (29 to $1) is respectable. Her wartime neutrality brought good profits, a fine credit position and-thanks to his foresighted and unneutral leasing of Azores bases to the U.S. before war's end-enough standing to win charter membership in NATO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: The Quiet One | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...Austria (Schilling) 25.83 Belgium (B. Franc) 50 Canada (C. Dollar) par Denmark (Krone) 6.89 Egypt (Pound) 2.89 England (Pound) 2.80 Finland (Mark) 232 France (Fr. Franc) 350 Germany (Mark) 4.20 Holland (Florin) 3.84 India (Rupee) 4.76 Ireland (Pound) 2.80 Italy (Lira) 624 Mexico (Peso) .1160 Norway (Krone) 7.14 Portugal (Escudo) 28.50 So. Africa (Pound) 2.82 Spain (Peseta) 39.00 Sweden (Krona) 5.13 Switzerland (S. Franc) 4.37 Turkey (Livre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Knowledge of Foreign Currency Exchange Is Essential for Vacation Travel Abroad | 4/9/1952 | See Source »

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