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2 unusual facts about Peso fuerte


Peso fuerte

Peso fuerte refers to a number of currencies minted in the Spanish Empire or one of its successor states.

Philippine peso fuerte, currency of the Spanish East Indies during the later Spanish colonial period;



see also

Nicaraguan peso

It was subdivided into 100 centavos and when it was introduced, it was worth 8 reales, and had the same weight and mass as the peso fuerte, but due to recurrent devaluations, it was replaced by the córdoba at a rate of 12½ pesos = 1 peso fuerte = 1 córdoba.