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The Centenario is a Mexican gold bullion coin first minted in 1921 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. [1] The coin is not intended to be used as currency; the face value of 50 pesos is for legal purposes only, and does not reflect the actual value of the gold content.
On February 21, 2007, the mint announced that they would be producing a 100-kilogram coin the size of a large pizza with a face value of $1 million. This new coin bears the highest face value in the world, using approximately $2 million of 99.999% pure bullion, and five were produced and sold to investors. [22] [23]
In 1977, silver 100 pesos were issued for circulation. In 1980, smaller 5 peso coins were introduced alongside 20 pesos and (from 1982) 50-pesos in cupro-nickel. Between 1978 and 1982, the sizes of the coins for 20 centavos and above were reduced. Base metal 100, 200, 500, 1,000, and 5,000 peso coins were introduced between 1984 and 1988.
The government fixed the value of the Canadian dollar against the pound sterling ($4.43 buying and $4.47 selling) and also against the US dollar ($1.10 (US$0.9091) buying and $1.11 (US$0.9009) selling). The government also imposed strict currency controls on exchanges with foreign currencies, particularly the United States dollar.
100 Canadian dollar $ CAD Cent: 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Eastern Caribbean dollar: EC$ XCD Cent: 100 Samoa: Samoan tālā $ WST Sene: 100 San Marino: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe dobra: Db STN Cêntimo: 100 Saudi Arabia: Saudi riyal: Rl or Rls (pl.) SAR Halala: 100 Senegal: West African ...
Coins of Mexico (1 C) Pages in category "Currencies of Mexico" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Mexican peso; Q. Quachtli; T. Tumin ...
The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight (Spanish: real de a ocho, dólar, peso duro, peso fuerte or peso), is a silver coin of approximately 38 mm (1.5 in) diameter worth eight Spanish reales. It was minted in the Spanish Empire following a monetary reform in 1497 with content 25.563 g (0.8219 ozt) fine silver.
Image of 10 Egyptian piastres (currently valueless, thus absent from circulation) A 100-piastre note from French Indochina, circa 1954 French Indochina piastre, 1885. The piastre or piaster (English: / p i ˈ æ s t ər /) is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate".