Spanish peseta
| Peseta española (Spanish) | |||||
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| ISO 4217 | |||||
| Code | ESP | ||||
| Unit | |||||
| Symbol | ₧ or Pta/Pts | ||||
| Nickname | perra chica (5 Cts), perra gorda (10 Cts), pela (1 ₧), duro (5 ₧), talego (1,000 ₧), kilo (1,000,000 ₧) | ||||
| Denominations | |||||
| Subunit | |||||
| 1⁄100 | céntimo (Ctm/Cts) (because of inflation, céntimos were withdrawn from circulation in 1983) | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | 1,000 ₧, 2,000 ₧, 5,000 ₧, 10,000 ₧ | ||||
| Rarely used | 200 ₧, 500 ₧ | ||||
| Coins | |||||
| Freq. used | 5 ₧, 25 ₧, 50 ₧, 100 ₧, 500 ₧ | ||||
| Rarely used | 1 ₧, 10 ₧, 200 ₧, 1,000 ₧, 2,000 ₧ | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| User(s) | Spain and Andorra | ||||
| Issuance | |||||
| Central bank | Bank of Spain | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Printer | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Mint | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Valuation | |||||
| Inflation | 1.4% | ||||
| Source | Cámara Guipúzcoa, 1998 | ||||
| EU Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) | |||||
| Since | 19 June 1989 | ||||
| Fixed rate since | 31 December 1998 | ||||
| Replaced by euro, non cash | 1 January 1999 | ||||
| Replaced by euro, cash | 1 March 2002 | ||||
| 1 € = | 166.386 ₧ | ||||
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]
References
- ↑ Brendan D. Brown (1979). The Dollar-Mark Axis: On Currency Power. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 9781349042456.
