Spanish peseta
The peseta (/pəˈseɪtə/, Spanish: [peˈseta]) was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. It was also a used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender).[1]
| Spanish peseta | |||||
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| peseta española (Spanish) | |||||
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| ISO 4217 Code | ESP | ||||
| User(s) | |||||
| Inflation | 1.4% | ||||
| Source | Cámara Guipúzcoa, 1998 | ||||
| ERM | |||||
| Since | 19 June 1989 | ||||
| Fixed rate since | 31 December 1998 | ||||
| Replaced by €, non cash | 1 January 1999 | ||||
| Replaced by €, cash | 1 March 2002 | ||||
| € = | 166.386 ₧ | ||||
| Subunit | |||||
| 1⁄100 | céntimo (Ctm/Cts) (because of inflation, céntimos were withdrawn from circulation in 1983) | ||||
| Symbol | ₧ or Pta/Pts | ||||
| Nickname | perra chica (5 Cts), perra gorda (10 Cts), pela (1 ₧), duro (5 ₧), talego (1,000 ₧), kilo (1,000,000 ₧) | ||||
| Coins | |||||
| Freq. used | 5 ₧, 25 ₧, 50 ₧, 100 ₧, 500 ₧ | ||||
| Rarely used | 1 ₧, 10 ₧, 200 ₧, 1,000 ₧, 2,000 ₧ | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | 1,000 ₧, 2,000 ₧, 5,000 ₧, 10,000 ₧ | ||||
| Rarely used | 200 ₧, 500 ₧ | ||||
| Central bank | Bank of Spain | ||||
| Website | [http://www | ||||
| Printer | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | ||||
| Website | [http://www | ||||
| Mint | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | ||||
| Website | [http://www | ||||
| This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. | |||||
Spanish Peseta Media
A 1970s AEG Olympia Traveller de Luxe typing machine with the ₧ symbol
Last editions of peseta coins (lacks Pts 500 coin) and 1-euro coin for size reference.
A Pts 1,000 banknote from 1957. The obverse shows Catholic Monarchs while the reverse shows the coat of arms of Spain under the Catholic Monarchs' rule.
La Fuensanta on the reverse of Pts 100, 1953
References
- ↑ Brendan D. Brown. The Dollar-Mark Axis: On Currency Power (1979)Springer. p. 79. ISBN 9781349042456.