peso

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The peso is a monetary unit used as the official currency in several Latin American countries and the Philippines, originating from the Spanish colonial silver coin.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Peso 1
peso canonical 1
peso and real 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency unit
circulatesAs banknotes
coins
etymology Spanish word "peso" meaning "weight"
hasISO4217Code ARS
CLP
COP
CUC (historical)
linked to: CUC$

CUP
DOP
MXN
linked to: Mexican peso

PHP
UYU
linked to: Uruguayan peso
hasOrigin Spanish colonial silver coin
Spanish dollar
hasSymbol $
$U
ARS$
CLP$
COP$
CUP$
GTQ (historical peso symbol variants)
MXN$
RD$
historicalStandard silver standard
influenced United States dollar (design and value, historically)
languageOfName Filipino
Spanish
monetaryRegion Latin America
Southeast Asia
relatedTo Spanish real
piece of eight
subdividedInto centavo
typicalSubdivisionValue 100 centavos
usedInCountry Argentina
Bolivia (historical)
linked to: Bolivia

Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica (historical)
linked to: Costa Rica

Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador (historical)
linked to: Ecuador

El Salvador (historical)
linked to: El Salvador

Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama (historical)
linked to: Panama

Paraguay
Peru (historical)
linked to: Peru

Philippines
Puerto Rico (historical)
linked to: Puerto Rico

Spain (historical)
linked to: modern Spain

Uruguay
usedSinceCentury 16th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Venezuelan peso denominationSystem peso and real
linked to: peso
ASAP Rocky discography includes Peso
linked to: peso
austral replacedCurrency peso argentino
linked to: peso