{"id":9939,"date":"2023-03-29T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2023-01-16T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:39:26","slug":"peso-currencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ae-en\/peso-currencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peso currencies around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9939\" class=\"elementor elementor-9939\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c661a42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c661a42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aac60cc\" data-id=\"6aac60cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310ae518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"310ae518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The origins of the Peso date back to the early Spanish Empire when the 8-real silver coin became known as a Peso.\u00a0<\/p><p>The word literally means \u2018weight\u2019 in Spanish.<\/p><p>The Peso is the name for many historic and current currencies in parts of the world that were once colonised by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>. The most significant being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>\u00a0and the Philippines.<\/p><p>Currently, eight countries have a Peso as their currency. They are listed below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5201454 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5201454\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ad3449\" data-id=\"9ad3449\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4ec3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f4ec3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"9879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/which-are-the-worlds-weakest-currencies\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b35fb1\" data-id=\"3b35fb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2d351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b2d351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Argentinian Peso (ARS)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772953a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"772953a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Peso has been the currency of Argentina in one form or another for the last two hundred years. One of the first versions in the early 19th century was known as the &#8216;Peso fuerte.&#8217;<\/p><p>Argentina has been ravaged by inflation throughout its history. The currency has been either replaced or re-denominated a number of times.<\/p><p>Today\u2019s Peso was initially knows at the &#8216;Peso convertible.&#8217; It replaced the &#8216;Austral&#8217; in 1992.<\/p><p>Other Argentine Peso\u2019s include the &#8216;Peso moneda corriente&#8217;, &#8216;Peso moneda nacional&#8217;, &#8216;Peso ley&#8217; and &#8216;Peso argentino.&#8217;<\/p><p>Argentina at present is undergoing another period of aggressive inflation. Today the smallest denomination banknote is the 100 peso, which features an image of Eva Peron.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4098d33b elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4098d33b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79a51ef1\" data-id=\"79a51ef1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1dabca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b1dabca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chilean Peso (CLP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ba6ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59ba6ee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The current Chilean Peso was introduced in 1975, it replaced a Peso currency that had circulated in the nation since 1817!<\/p><p>Like many currencies in South America, the Peso has experienced high period of inflation. At present for example, the smallest Banknote is worth 1000 pesos, going up all the way to 20,000.<\/p><p>For a long time the Peso was pegged to the <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollar<\/a>, however in recent years it has been allowed to float freely.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bcd727d\" data-id=\"7bcd727d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2b1e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e2b1e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9878\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"9878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/which-are-the-worlds-weakest-currencies\/guinean-money\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"guinean-money\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guinean-money.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f58f95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f58f95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c4fb112\" data-id=\"6c4fb112\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4392acd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4392acd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"9879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/which-are-the-worlds-weakest-currencies\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/colombian-money-different-denominations-white-background.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-771ee03\" data-id=\"771ee03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b85c212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b85c212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Colombian Peso (COP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa0fcaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fa0fcaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Columbia has used the Peso since 1837 making it one of the world&#8217;s more older currencies. It replaced the Columbian Real.<\/p><p>Throughout the last 50 years, the Colombian Peso has been subject to rampant inflation. It has been re-denominated many times.<\/p><p>Whilst technically divided into 100 Centavos, this subunit was removed from circulation in the 80s!<\/p><p>The smallest coin in circulation today is worth Col$ $100<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50703cbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50703cbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fe2316\" data-id=\"7fe2316\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3655b765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3655b765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10023\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"10023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/yen-currencies\/cuban-pesos-a-business-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Janusz Pienkowski&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cuban money - Pesos a business background&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1657785702&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Cuban Pesos a business background&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cuban Pesos a business background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cuban money &amp;#8211; Pesos a business background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cuban-pesos-banknotes-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d8b87a8\" data-id=\"5d8b87a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d35b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25d35b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cuban Peso (CUP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34742f43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34742f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Cuban Peso dates its origins back to the Spanish Colonial currency. In the mid 1800s the <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/spain\/\">Spanish<\/a> administration began to produce their own currency locally with the first Cuban Peso banknotes being printed in 1852.<\/p><p>At one period of time, it was pegged to the <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollar<\/a>, but this all changed during the Cold War. The US embargo has dramatically impacted the currency\u2019s value. For a long time the currency was pegged to the Soviet Ruble<\/p><p>The country today has a very complex and intricate monetary policy. Trying to explain would require a whole separate article!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59f72aa1 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59f72aa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62f9923e\" data-id=\"62f9923e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1140f813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1140f813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dominican Republic Peso (DOP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd4d0cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cd4d0cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The current version of the Dominican Peso or \u2018peso dominicano\u2019 has been in use since 2011.\u00a0<\/p><p>This new peso replaced the \u2018Pesos Oro.\u2019 The Peso has been the name of the currency of the country in one form or another since the mid 1800s when the country gained independence from Haiti.<\/p><p>The currency is managed by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic which is based in the Capital Santo Domingo. The government allows the <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollar<\/a> to be used for transactions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e3fa9dc\" data-id=\"1e3fa9dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465c4f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"465c4f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"10025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/yen-currencies\/dominican-peso-a-business-background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Janusz Pienkowski&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Dominican money - peso a business background&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1657785780&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dominican peso a business background&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dominican peso a business background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dominican money &amp;#8211; peso a business background&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dominican-republic-peso-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e43cd7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e43cd7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5630fe7d\" data-id=\"5630fe7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2769ab00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2769ab00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18441\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"18441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/mexican-peso\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-bank-notes-mexican-peso-background-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e47ced0\" data-id=\"3e47ced0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753aabac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"753aabac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mexican Peso (MXP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fdfaec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fdfaec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Peso has been the currency of <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a> since the mid 1800s. The current <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/mexican-peso\/\">Mexican Peso<\/a> is also sometimes referred to as the \u201cNuevo Peso\u201d or \u201cNew Peso.\u201d\u00a0 It was first introduced in 1993, replacing the old Mexican Peso at a rate of 1,000 to 1.\u00a0<\/p><p>The MXN is issued by the Bank of Mexico. In some places in Mexico, the <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollar<\/a> is used instead of MXN.<\/p><p>You can read more on our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/mexican-peso\/\">MXN currency profile<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d6f0a00 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d6f0a00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3046f114\" data-id=\"3046f114\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dea8363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dea8363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Philippine Peso (PHP)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5f0bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b5f0bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Peso has been in use in the Philippines in one form or another since the Spanish conquistadors landed on their shores back in the 1500s.\u00a0<\/p><p>In the early 1990s the country undertook a set of major structural financial reforms and established a new central bank: the &#8216;Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas&#8217;\u00a0which today is seen as one of the more innovative fiscal bodies in the region.<\/p><p>The Philippine Peso is free-floating on currency markets yet is subject to several controls.\u00a0It\u2019s very difficult to transfer this currency outside of the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p><p>Despite this, in the last survey by the Bank for International Settlements, PHP was the 30th most traded currency and accounted for on average 0.3% of the daily volume of FX transactions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-496cefdd\" data-id=\"496cefdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e7ce7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57e7ce7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5970\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"5970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ca-en\/close-up-on-the-currencies-of-the-next-eleven\/foreign-currency-philippines\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1999,1499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"philippines peso banknotes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/philippines-peso-banknotes-1024x768.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d4e10d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d4e10d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-221153f4\" data-id=\"221153f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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