Spanish escudo —1864 account unit
Spanish escudo —1864 account unit: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
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The story
Law establishes escudo unit and public-account denomination. [1]
The ministerial exposition explicitly replaces the current principal real with the escudo of 10 reales; enacted articles 1 and 6 establish escudo and public-account use. [2]
RoyalOrder 8 March 1865 requires escudo amounts in overseas public accounts and documents from 1 July 1865, regardless of delayed coin changes. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Spanish legislature · Law of26 June 1864 C1744 ↗
- Spanish Ministry of Finance, Pedro Salaverría · Exposition and monetary bill submitted to Cortes,10May 1864; Spanish legislature · Law of26 June 1864 C1934 ↗
- Ángel Osvaldo Navarro Zayas · Breve informe del establecimiento del escudo como unidad monetaria en Puerto Rico(1865), Documenta&Instrumenta23(2025),177–192 C1935 ↗
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“Spanish escudo —1864 account unit.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V28-SPANISH-ESCUDO.html