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Peseta banknotes were first printed in 1874 and were phased out with the introduction of the Euro. [1] Prior to this was the Silver escudo (1865–1869), Gold escudo (1535/1537–1849), Spanish real (mid-14th century–1865), Maravedí (11th–14th century), and Spanish dinero (10th century). [citation needed]
In most of the Spanish States, the dinero was superseded by the maravedí and then the real as the unit of account. However, in Principality of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, the currency system based on the dinero continued, with twelve dineros to the sou and six sous the peseta. Note that in modern Spanish, "dinero" means "money".
The first ordinance officially devaluing the Spanish non-colonial real came out in 1642, with the real provincial debased from 67 to 83 + 3 ⁄ 4 to a mark of silver (hence, 10 reales to the dollar). Actual coins worth 1 ⁄ 2 , 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales provincial (the latter worth 4 ⁄ 5 of a dollar and called peso maria ) were minted in 1686 and ...
The Spanish Law of June 26, 1864 decreed that in preparation for joining the Latin Monetary Union (set up in 1865), the peseta became a subdivision of the Spanish peso with 1 peso duro = 5 pesetas. The peseta replaced all previous currencies denominated in silver escudos and reales de vellón at a rate of 5 pesetas = 1 peso duro = 2 silver ...
Bartolomé Murillo at center; Murillo painting Children Counting Money on the reverse: 9 January 1940 1: Hernán Cortés on horseback at right: 1 June 1940 1: Sailing ship Santa María at center: 4 September 1940 5: Alcázar of Segovia at right: 4 September 1940 500: Conde de Orgaz by El Greco at right: 21 October 1940 1000: Charles V at left ...
The silver real (Spanish: real de plata) was the currency of the Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines. In the seventeenth century the silver real was established at two billon reales (reales de vellón) or sixty-eight maravedíes. Gold escudos (worth 16 reales) were also issued.
By far the leading specie coin circulating in America was the Spanish silver dollar, defined as consisting of 387 grains of pure silver. The dollar was divided into "pieces of eight," or "bits," each consisting of one-eighth of a dollar. Spanish dollars came into the North American colonies through lucrative trade with the West Indies.
Spanish euro coins feature three different designs for each of the three series of coins. The minor series of 1, 2, and 5 cent coins were designed by Garcilaso Rollán, the middle series of 10, 20, and 50 cent coins by Begoña Castellanos, and the two major coins feature the portrait of King Felipe VI of Spain .