The
real (, meaning "royal", plural:
réis or [archaic]
reais) was the unit of
currency of
Portugal from around 1430 until 1911. It replaced the
dinheiro at the rate of 1 real = 840 dinheiros and was itself replaced by the
escudo (as a result of the
Republican revolution of 1910) at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. The escudo was further replaced by the
euro at a rate of 1 euro = 200.482 escudos in 2002.