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  2. Mexican peso - Wikipedia

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    USD/MXN exchange rate. Mexican peso crisis in 1994 was an unpegging and devaluation of the peso and happened the same year NAFTA was ratified. [2]The Mexican peso (symbol: $; currency code: MXN; also abbreviated Mex$ to distinguish it from other peso-denominated currencies; referred to as the peso, Mexican peso, or colloquially varo) is the official currency of Mexico.

  3. Exchange rate - Wikipedia

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    The key currency generally refers to a world currency, which is widely used for pricing, settlement, reserve currency, freely convertible, and internationally accepted currency. Cross rate: After the basic exchange rate is worked out, the exchange rate of the local currency against other foreign currencies can be calculated through the basic ...

  4. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...

  5. Mexican pesos - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 14 December 2007, at 18:31 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Trade-weighted US dollar index - Wikipedia

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    The trade-weighted US dollar index, also known as the broad index, is a measure of the value of the United States dollar relative to other world currencies.It is a trade weighted index that improves on the older U.S. Dollar Index by incorporating more currencies and yearly rebalancing.

  7. Peso - Wikipedia

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    In 1686 Spain minted a coin worth 8 reales provinciales (or only $0.80, known as the peso maria or peso sencillo) which was poorly received by the people. [1] An edict made in the same year which valued the peso duro at $1 = 15 and 2/34 reales de vellon proved to be ineffective as the various reales in circulation contained even less silver ...

  8. Piastre - Wikipedia

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    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". The name was applied to Spanish and Hispanic American pieces of eight, or pesos, by Venetian traders in the Levant in the 16th century. İmage of 50 Turkish piastres (Turkish:50 kuruş).

  9. Peso problem - Wikipedia

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    The peso problem in finance is a problem which arises when "the possibility that some infrequent or unprecedented event may occur affects asset prices". The difficulty or impossibility of predicting such an event creates problems in modeling the economy and financial markets by using the past.