Cabo Verde

LOPES FERNANDES, na sua Memoria das Moedas Correntes em Portugal, descreve o que se passava na sua �poca, j� no s�culo XIX. "As moedas do reino s�o correntes nesta prov�ncia, 1 pe�a de 8000 r�is ou 8 Patacas e 1/3, os Cruzados novos de prata, na venda por 500 r�is, e na compra por 480 r�is, sendo elles e as pe�as rar�ssimas; e tamb�m correm as frac��es de prata. O cobre e o bronze, as mesmas que em Portugal. S�o admitidas todas as moedas estrangeiras, com o valor de mercado, como qualquer outra mercadoria; mas nas transac��es com os estrangeiros a moeda nominal � a Pataca com o valor de 800 r�is fortes; e na Ilha da Boa-Vista existe a mesma moeda nominal, e mesmo nas transac��es internas, nas quaes � a Pataca reputada por 800 r�is fracos - Foi esta informa��o dada para o Governo pelo Governador Geral de Cabo Verde em 16 de Fevereiro de 1846.

O Decreto de 19 de Outubro de 1853, mandou que todas as moedas portuguezas fossem alli correntes, sendo igualmente admittidas todas as estrangeiras, que o foram em Portugal pelos Decretos de 1846 e 1847".

�LVARO LERENO, in Subsidios para a Hist�ria da Moeda em Cabo Verde (1460-1940), fala das vicissitudes suportadas neste territ�rio por esses anos fora sem moeda pr�pria e, geralmente, com escassez da que lhe vinha da Metr�pole, de Angola e dos estrangeiros com quem negociava.

� com o Decreto n�18495 de 24.I.1930, que aparece a primeira moeda met�lica desta Prov�ncia Ultramarina.

From the start Portuguese coins and those which were obtained through foreign trade made up the coinage of this Province.

LOPES FERNANDES described, in his Memoria das Moedas Correntes em Portugal, what used to happen in the 19th century."The coins of the Realm are used in this Province, the 8000 r�is or 8 and 1/3 Patacas and the new silver Cruzados selling for 500 r�is and buying for 480 r�is are both rare pieces; and their fractions in silver are also in use. The copper and bronze pieces are identical to those in Portugal. All foreign coins are accepted at market value, just like any other goods, but in foreign transactions the nominal coin is the Pataca valued at 800 strong r�is. In the Island of Boa Vista the same nominal coin exists, even for internal transactions, where the Pataca is reckoned at 800 weak r�is - this was the information given to the Metropolitan Government by the General Governor of Cabo Verde on the 16th February 1846.

The Decree of 19th October 1853 ordered all Portuguese coins to be in current use and at the same value as those of the Realm and that the same rates should apply to all foreign coins accepted in Portugal in the Decrees os 1846 and 1847".

ALVARO LERENO, in Subsidios para a Hist�ria da Moeda em Cabo Verde (1460-1940), speaks of the hardships endured by the people of this land due to lack of their own money, and the constant scarcity of currency from the Mother Country, from Angola and also from foreigners with whom they had trade conections.

The first metal coin from this Overseas Province appeared with the Decree nr.18495 of the 24th January 1930.