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The peso moneda nacional was replaced on 1 July 1975 by the nuevo peso (new peso; ISO 4217 code UYP) at a rate of 1 new peso for 1000 old pesos. The nuevo peso was also subdivided into 100 centésimos. After further inflation, the peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 code UYU) replaced the nuevo peso on March 1, 1993, again at a rate of 1 new for 1000 old.
The peso uruguayo ($; ISO 4217 code: UYU) was adopted on 1 March 1993 to replace the nuevo peso at 1 peso uruguayo for 1000 nuevos pesos. Withdrawal of old notes of N$500 and under began immediately; notes of 1,000 up to 500,000 nuevos pesos remained legal tender (for 1 to 500 pesos uruguayos) until 28 February 2003.
This law creates a new monetary system in which the Peso or Patacón is divided into 8 reales [7] and each one of them into one hundred centésimos (a system that will last until 1862) and authorizes the issuance of coins of 5 and 20 centésimos (for an amount of $20,000). These coins will be the first to bear national signs.
As of August 2008 almost 60% of bank loans use United States dollars, [19] but most transactions use the Uruguayan peso. [20] Today, the Uruguayan peso is minted in coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 50 pesos and in banknotes of 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, and 2000 pesos.
The peso is the monetary unit of several Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, as well as the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire , the word peso translates to "weight". In most countries of the Americas, the symbol commonly known as dollar sign , "$", was originally used as an abbreviation of "pesos" and later adopted by the ...
In monetary economics, redenomination is the process of changing the face value of banknotes and coins in circulation.It may be done because inflation has made the currency unit so small that only large denominations of the currency are in circulation.
Cuban peso; Dominican peso; Mexican peso; Uruguayan peso This page was last edited on 13 September 2024, at 03:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Uruguayan exports to China decreased by 1% in the first quarter of 2020. Imports fell by 10% during the same period. This decline is expected to have a negative impact on Uruguayan industrial sectors and product chains, particularly considering China's role as Uruguay's largest trading partner. [22]