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Spanish real / peso de a ocho

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Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting → Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting · Evidence period: 1100–1500 · Later contribution or absorptionCastilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting → Spanish real / peso de a ocho · Evidence period: 1497–1603 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain open
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Zimbabwe dollar → Zimbabwe Gold, 2024 introduction · 2024 · Predecessor connectionRiau Islands rupiah → Indonesian rupiah · 1964 · Later contribution or absorptionUnited States dollar → Liberian dollar · 1839–1843 · Predecessor connectionEcuadorian sucre → United States dollar · 2000 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Cuban peso oro español · 1779–1868 · Predecessor connectionAustral → Argentine peso · 1992 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Haitian gourde · Evidence period: 1808–1813 · Predecessor connectionUnited States dollar → Confederate dollar · 1861–1864 · Predecessor connectionManchukuo yuan → Northeast Chinese yuan accounting · 1946 · Later contribution or absorptionNortheast Chinese yuan accounting → Renminbi · 1951 · Later contribution or absorptionJinan yuan → Renminbi · 1948–1950 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Colombian peso · 1819–1821 · Predecessor connectionMauritius colonial dollar accounting → Mauritian rupee · 1877 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Guatemalan peso · 1821–1847 · Predecessor connectionChinese yuan → Harbin dayang · 1919–1925 · Predecessor connectionHarbin dayang → Manchukuo yuan · 1932–1935 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Honduran real / peso · 1821–1879 · Predecessor connectionChinese yuan → Mongolian tögrög · 1925–1927 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Mexican peso · 1821–1823 · Predecessor connectionBuenos Aires peso moneda corriente → Argentine peso · 1881–1883 · Predecessor connectionMexican peso → Hong Kong dollar · 1863–1866 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Nicaraguan peso · 1821–1878 · Predecessor connectionRoyal / Vientiane kip → Lao kip · 1976 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Salvadoran colón · 1821–1841 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar · 1838 · Predecessor connectionChinese yuan → Jinan yuan · 1941–1942 · Predecessor connectionMexican peso → Indochinese piastre · 1878–1887 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Buenos Aires peso moneda corriente · Evidence period: 1822–1826 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Mauritius colonial dollar accounting · 1826–1849 · Predecessor connectionSouth Vietnamese đồng → Vietnamese đồng · 1978 · Later contribution or absorptionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Uruguayan peso · Evidence period: 1828–1831 · Predecessor connectionMauritian rupee → Seychellois rupee · 1914–1947 · Predecessor connectionMexican peso → Macao pataca · 1894–1906 · Predecessor connectionMexican peso → Philippine peso, twentieth-century reform lineage · 1904 · Later contribution or absorptionGuatemalan peso → British Honduras / Belize dollar · 1894 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Ecuadorian sucre · 1884 · Predecessor connectionMexican peso → Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar · 1903–1906 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → United States dollar · 1784–1792 · Predecessor connectionStraits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar → Riau Islands rupiah · 1963 · Predecessor connectionUnited States dollar → Dominican peso · 1948 · Predecessor connectionNicaraguan peso → Nicaraguan córdoba · 1913 · Predecessor connectionStraits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar → Brunei dollar · 1967 · Predecessor connectionColombian peso → Panamanian balboa · 1904 · Predecessor connectionStraits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar → Malaysian dollar / ringgit · 1967 · Predecessor connectionStraits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar → Singapore dollar · 1967 · Predecessor connectionIndochinese piastre → South Vietnamese đồng · 1954–1955 · Predecessor connectionIndochinese piastre → Cambodian riel before abolition · 1955 · Predecessor connectionNicaraguan córdoba → Córdoba oro · 1990–1991 · Predecessor connectionIndochinese piastre → Royal / Vientiane kip · 1955 · Predecessor connectionSpanish real / peso de a ocho → Chinese yuan · Evidence period: 1750–1910 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openCuban peso oro español → Cuban peso · 1914–1916 · Predecessor connectionGuatemalan peso → Guatemalan quetzal · 1924–1926 · Predecessor connectionHonduran real / peso → Honduran lempira · 1926–1931 · Predecessor connectionBritish Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar → Trinidad and Tobago dollar · 1964 · Predecessor connectionBritish Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar → Guyana dollar · 1965 · Predecessor connectionArgentine peso → Austral · 1985 · Predecessor connectionUnited States dollar → Zimbabwe dollar · 2019 · Predecessor connectionBritish Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar → Barbados dollar · 1973 · Predecessor connection
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