sol (Peru)

E332048

The sol is the current official currency of Peru, used for everyday transactions and monetary policy in the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
sol (Peru) canonical 1
sol peruano 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Peruvian currency ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ
centralBank Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
currencySymbol S/. ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction 1991 ⓘ
denominationType banknote ⓘ
coin ⓘ
exchangeRateAtIntroduction 1 sol = 1,000,000 intis ⓘ
formerName nuevo sol ⓘ
hasInflationTargeting true ⓘ
hasSecurityFeatures banknotes with anti-counterfeiting features ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Peruvian inti ⓘ
Peruvian sol (1863–1985) ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian sol
isDecimalCurrency true ⓘ
ISO4217Code PEN ⓘ
issuingAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus legal tender ⓘ
legalTenderIn Peru ⓘ
monetaryPolicyAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
monetaryUnitOf Peruvian economy ⓘ
nameMeaning sun in Spanish ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Peru ⓘ
officialNameChange 2015 ⓘ
region South America ⓘ
regulatesMoneySupply Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
replacedCurrency inti (Peru) ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian inti
subunit céntimo ⓘ
subunitToUnitRatio 100 ⓘ
typicalBanknoteDenominations 10 soles ⓘ
100 soles ⓘ
20 soles ⓘ
200 soles ⓘ
50 soles ⓘ
typicalCoinDenominations 1 sol ⓘ
10 céntimos ⓘ
2 soles ⓘ
20 céntimos ⓘ
5 soles ⓘ
50 céntimos ⓘ
usedBy Peruvian businesses ⓘ
Peruvian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Peru

Peruvian residents ⓘ
usedFor everyday transactions in Peru ⓘ
monetary policy in Peru ⓘ
usedIn cash payments in Peru ⓘ
electronic payments in Peru ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuevo sol → successorCurrency → sol (Peru) ⓘ
subject linked to: nuevo sol
PEN → officialName → sol peruano ⓘ
linked to: sol (Peru)