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Spanish escudo —1864 account unit: research record

Evidence coverage: 1864–1870. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Spanish escudo —1864 account unit

CUR-V28-SPANISH-ESCUDO · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1864–1870; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

Spanish pesetaaccount unit replacement · 1868–1870
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Earlier account evidence

Law establishes escudo unit and public-account denomination.

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Earlier account evidence

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.

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Earlier account evidence

RoyalOrder 8 March 1865 requires escudo amounts in overseas public accounts and documents from 1 July 1865, regardless of delayed coin changes.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1864supported

Law establishes escudo unit and public-account denomination.

C1744
1864supported

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.

C1934
1865supported

RoyalOrder 8 March 1865 requires escudo amounts in overseas public accounts and documents from 1 July 1865, regardless of delayed coin changes.

C1935
Evidence & research notes 5 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1744

Law establishes escudo unit and public-account denomination.

Spanish legislature · Law of26 June 1864 Citation S931 · Open source ↗

arts1,6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1801

Existing escudo ordinary payment amounts are discharged in pesetas at0.4 escudo per peseta;public books convert in 1870. Specie-specific contracts retain statutory adjustments.

Spanish Ministry of Finance · Decree23 March 1869 Citation S933 · Open source ↗

arts1–3

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

OCR private-transaction year corrupt;omit it pending image transcription.

Supported C1934

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.

Spanish Ministry of Finance, Pedro Salaverría · Exposition and monetary bill submitted to Cortes,10May 1864 Citation S995 · Open source ↗

Mayexpositionp1;Junelawarts1,6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Spanish legislature · Law of26 June 1864 Citation S931 · Open source ↗

Mayexpositionp1;Junelawarts1,6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1935

RoyalOrder 8 March 1865 requires escudo amounts in overseas public accounts and documents from 1 July 1865, regardless of delayed coin changes.

Ángel Osvaldo Navarro Zayas · Breve informe del establecimiento del escudo como unidad monetaria en Puerto Rico(1865), Documenta&Instrumenta23(2025),177–192 Citation S997 · Open source ↗

pp185–186, RoyalOrdertranscription

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Full relevant documentary transcription inspected.

Supported C1943

The existing Castilian maravedí/realdevellón accounting profile, then expressed principally in reales, is replaced in public accounts by the escudo of 10 reales in 1864.

Spanish Ministry of Finance, Pedro Salaverría · Exposition and monetary bill submitted to Cortes,10May 1864 Citation S995 · Open source ↗

May18p1exposition;June28arts1,6;Cano2016pp304,307 identifiesrealdevellón/maravedíscale

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Spanish legislature · Law of26 June 1864 Citation S931 · Open source ↗

May18p1exposition;June28arts1,6;Cano2016pp304,307 identifiesrealdevellón/maravedíscale

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Pedro Damián Cano Borrego · La moneda circulante en los reinos de la Corona de Aragón en el sigloXVIII tras la Guerra deSucesión, Emblemata22(2016),303–333 Citation S998 · Open source ↗

May18p1exposition;June28arts1,6;Cano2016pp304,307 identifiesrealdevellón/maravedíscale

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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