Standard monetary unit of Portugal replaced by the Euro (6)

I believe the answer is:

escudo

(Other definitions for escudo that I've seen before include "Portugal's unit of money" , "Former Portuguese currency unit" , "money in past" , "Former unit of money in Portugal" , "Former monetary unit of Portugal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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