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The Philippine peso, also referred to by its Filipino name piso (Philippine English: / ˈ p ɛ s ɔː / PEH-saw, / ˈ p iː-/ PEE-, plural pesos; Filipino: piso [ˈpisɔː, ˈpɪsɔː]; sign: ₱; code: PHP), is the official currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 sentimo, also called centavos.
peso Philippine peso: Also ₱ and P U+20B1 ₱ PESO SIGN: PT: piastre Egyptian and Sudanese piastres Fraction A centesimal subdivision of the Egyptian and Sudanese pounds .ج.م LE: pound Egyptian pound: Also abbreviated £E in Latin script .ل.ل LL: pound Lebanese pound: Also abbreviated £L in Latin script LS: pound
The Philippine peso (Filipino: piso) is derived from the Spanish silver coin Real de a Ocho or Spanish dollar, in wide circulation in the entire America and Southeast Asia during the 17th and 18th centuries, through its use in the Spanish colonies and even in the United States and Canada. One peso Treasury Certificate
The Philippine peso sign was introduced by Executive Order No. 66 of the United States colonial government on 3 August 1903. [1] The sign, in capitalized Roman letter P with two parallel lines "passing through and extending slightly beyond loop at right angle to shaft or stem", was decreed to be used "by all officials as the designation of the new Philippine peso to differentiate it from the ...
The numerous currencies called "dollar" use the dollar sign to express money amounts. The sign is also generally used for the many currencies called "peso" (except the Philippine peso, which uses the symbol "₱"). Within a country the dollar/peso sign may be used alone.
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Early issue 1896 10 pesos note from El Banco Español-Filipino (1896). Banknotes of the Philippine peso are issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (formerly the Central Bank of the Philippines) for circulation in the Philippines. The smallest amount of legal tender in wide circulation is ₱20 and the largest is ₱1000. The front side of ...
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