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The sol (Spanish pronunciation:; plural: soles; currency sign: S/) [3] is the currency of Peru; it is subdivided into 100 céntimos ("cents"). The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN . The sol replaced the Peruvian inti in 1991 and the name is a return to that of Peru's historic currency, as the previous incarnation of sol was in use from 1863 to 1985.
The exchange rate is set on a daily basis by the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (Central Reserve Bank of Peru). The sol is divided into 100 céntimos. The highest-denomination banknote is the 200 soles note; the lowest-denomination coin is the rarely used 5 céntimos coin.
The sol, later sol de oro (English: gold sol), was the currency of Peru between 1863 and 1985. It had the ISO 4217 currency code PES. It was subdivided into 10 dineros or 100 centavos. It also had two different superunits over its circulation life, the inca (1881–1882) and later the gold pound (1898–1931, abbreviated Lp.
Peruvian sol Peru: S/. Céntimo [75] [76] Surinamese dollar Suriname $ Cent [77] [78] Trinidad and Tobago dollar Trinidad and Tobago: TT$ Cent [79] [80] United Kingdom pound South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) £ Pence [81] United States dollar Bonaire (Netherlands) $ Cent [82] [83] [84] British Virgin Islands (United ...
Peru: Peruvian sol: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú Suriname: Surinamese dollar: Centrale Bank van Suriname Uruguay: Uruguayan peso: Banco Central del Uruguay Venezuela: Venezuelan bolívar: Banco Central de Venezuela United States: United States dollar: Federal Reserve Bank: float
The nuevo sol ("new sol") was adopted on 1 July 1991, replacing the inti at an exchange rate of a million to one. Thus: 1 new sol = 1,000,000 intis = 1,000,000,000 soles de oro. Inti notes and coins are no longer legal tender in Peru, nor can they be exchanged for notes and coins denominated in the current nuevo sol.
USD Cent: 100 Palestine: Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora: 100 Jordanian dinar: JD JOD Piastre [H] 100 Panama: Panamanian balboa: B/ PAB Centésimo: 100 United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinean kina: K PGK Toea: 100 Paraguay: Paraguayan guaraní ₲ PYG Céntimo: 100 Peru: Peruvian sol: S/ PEN Céntimo: 100 ...
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Spanish: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú; BCRP) is the Peruvian central bank.It mints and issues metal and paper money, the sol.. Its branch in Arequipa was established in 1871, [citation needed] and it served the city by issuing money as well as maintaining a good reputation for savings accounts in Southern Peru.