Currency history
Angolan angolar
Angolan angolar: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1958
- Ancestry branch
- Roman solidus
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Angolan angolar
This currencyChildren 1
Trace its ancestry backward
Angolan angolar
Portuguese escudo
Portuguese real
Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
Base I establishes angolar as replacement principal account unit for the existing Angolan escudo. [1]
Neto dates practical angolar use from August 1928. [2]
Sources and evidence
- primary legislation · Portugal, Decreto n.º 12124, monetary reform of Angola C1451 ↗
- Maria da Conceição Neto · In Town and Out of Town: A Social History of Huambo (Angola),1902–1961, SOAS PhD,2012 C1452 ↗
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“Angolan angolar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V27-ANGOLAR.html