Evidence coverage: 1953–1977. 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.
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
The1953Organic Law prescribes escudo as monetary unit in all Portuguese overseas provinces,including Angola. This is a legal-unit anchor; the date is promulgation,not an established local cash changeover or exact commencement.
Sources and qualifications →1913 law and 1926 reform prove Angolan escudo account reckoning before 1926. Extend the local account lineage with an angolar reform phase only after adjudicating the 1953–1958 return to escudo. Do not silently identify first and later escudos across that interval or create a new node only for the name angolar.
Sources and qualifications →Whether earlier Angolan escudo,1926angolar and1950sescudo form one continuing account identity is not settled by the inspected evidence. No new angolar parent or silent merge is recommended in this pass.
Sources and qualifications →1953law prescribes overseasescudo;1926law expressly replaced earlierlocalescudoaccountunit withangolar. Latercontractconversion angolar→escudo stillmissing.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
The1953Organic Law prescribes escudo as monetary unit in all Portuguese overseas provinces,including Angola. This is a legal-unit anchor; the date is promulgation,not an established local cash changeover or exact commencement.
C12981953law prescribes overseasescudo;1926law expressly replaced earlierlocalescudoaccountunit withangolar. Latercontractconversion angolar→escudo stillmissing.
C1464Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Angolan escudo → kwanza, 1977.
AOA entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
The1953Organic Law prescribes escudo as monetary unit in all Portuguese overseas provinces,including Angola. This is a legal-unit anchor; the date is promulgation,not an established local cash changeover or exact commencement.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant printedp889 andp892 visually inspected; local OCR was also attempted.
1913 law and 1926 reform prove Angolan escudo account reckoning before 1926. Extend the local account lineage with an angolar reform phase only after adjudicating the 1953–1958 return to escudo. Do not silently identify first and later escudos across that interval or create a new node only for the name angolar.
Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III; Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III; Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Official scan previously visually inspected PDF1,4,5; BaseI independently retrieved again as full indexed passage.
Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III; Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Whether earlier Angolan escudo,1926angolar and1950sescudo form one continuing account identity is not settled by the inspected evidence. No new angolar parent or silent merge is recommended in this pass.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16; Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant printedp889 andp892 visually inspected; local OCR was also attempted.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16; Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16; Diário do Governo no.219, printed pp.3540–3541 / PDF pp.4–5; preamble; article 1 and §§1–2; articles 3 and 5; Diário do Governo I series no.179, 16 August 1926; decree signed 14 August; printed pp.1023–1027 / PDF pp.1–5; preamble paragraph 12; annex Bases I and III
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Official scan previously visually inspected PDF1,4,5; BaseI independently retrieved again as full indexed passage.
1953law prescribes overseasescudo;1926law expressly replaced earlierlocalescudoaccountunit withangolar. Latercontractconversion angolar→escudo stillmissing.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16; printedp1027,BaseI; prior territorial25.json records full relevant scan inspection
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant printedp889 andp892 visually inspected; local OCR was also attempted.
Diário do Governo,I Série,no135,printedp889/PDFp13,BaseLXXIII(I–III); final transitional provisions printedp892/PDFp16; printedp1027,BaseI; prior territorial25.json records full relevant scan inspection
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Official scan previously visually inspected PDF1,4,5; BaseI independently retrieved again as full indexed passage.
Angola’s angolar currency became escudo again in December1958. The existing1953statutory observation is advance legal framework, not proof of completed implementation then.
Glossary p8
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Complete relevant indexed glossary sentence inspected; full PDF retrieval failed.