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This is a list of currency of Spain. The current currency since 2002 is the Euro. The basic and most prevalent unit of Spanish currency before the Euro was the Peseta. The first coins were minted in 1869, the last coins were minted in 2011. Peseta banknotes were first printed in 1874 and were phased out with the introduction of the Euro in 2002.
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The peseta (/ pəˈseɪtə /, Spanish: [peˈseta]) [a] was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender).
Currencies replaced by the euro. European Union portal. Money portal. Numismatics portal. This category contains the currencies that were replaced by the euro and directly preceding the euro.
List of currencies in Europe. There are 29 currencies currently used in the 50 countries of Europe. All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 25 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected ...
Spain has been a driving force in the European community ever since. The country was a leading proponent of the EU single currency, the euro, long before it had been put into circulation. Together with the other founding euro members, it adopted the new physical currency on January 1, 2002.
Spanish. real. Silver 8-real coin of 1768 from the Potosí mint. The real (English: /ɹeɪˈɑl/ Spanish: /reˈal/) (meaning: "royal", plural: reales) was a unit of currency in Spain for several centuries after the mid-14th century. [1] It underwent several changes in value relative to other units throughout its lifetime until it was replaced ...
Céntimo. The céntimo (in Spanish-speaking countries) or cêntimo (in Portuguese-speaking countries) was a currency unit of Spain, Portugal and their former colonies. The word derived from the Latin centimus [1] meaning "hundredth part". The main Spanish currency, before the euro, was the peseta which was divided into 100 céntimos.
Euro Zone inflation. The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999, although it had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. After tough negotiations, the Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating an economic and monetary union (EMU) by 1999 for all EU states except the UK and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange ...