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Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
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Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Evidence period: 1100–1500QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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Spanish escudo —1864 account unitSuccessor or branch
Spanish real / peso de a ochoEvidence period: 1497–1603QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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This currency
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingSuccessor or branch1497–1603
Spanish real / peso de a ochoQualified · Intervening stages openSuccessor or branch1779–1868
Cuban peso oro españolQualifiedSuccessor or branch1808–1813
Haitian gourdeQualified · Evidence periodSuccessor or branch1819–1821
Colombian pesoQualifiedSuccessor or branch1821–1847
Guatemalan pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1821–1879
Honduran real / pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1821–1823
Mexican pesoQualifiedSuccessor or branch1821–1878
Nicaraguan pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1821–1841
Salvadoran colónDocumentedSuccessor or branch1838
British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1822–1826
Buenos Aires peso moneda corrienteQualified · Evidence periodSuccessor or branch1826–1849
Mauritius colonial dollar accountingQualifiedSuccessor or branch1828–1831
Uruguayan pesoQualified · Evidence periodSuccessor or branch1863–1866
Hong Kong dollarQualifiedSuccessor or branch1864
Spanish escudo —1864 account unitDocumentedSuccessor or branch1868–1870
Spanish pesetaDocumentedLater absorption1877
Mauritian rupeeDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1878–1887
Indochinese piastreDocumentedSuccessor or branch1881–1883
Argentine pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1884
Ecuadorian sucreDocumentedMultiple connectionsUSD
United States dollar2 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch1839–1843
Liberian dollarQualifiedSuccessor or branch1861–1864
Confederate dollarQualifiedSuccessor or branch1894
British Honduras / Belize dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1894–1906
Macao patacaDocumentedLater absorption1904
Philippine peso, twentieth-century reform lineageDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1903–1906
Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1904
Panamanian balboaDocumentedSuccessor or branch1750–1910
Chinese yuanQualified · Intervening stages openSuccessor or branch1913
Nicaraguan córdobaDocumentedSuccessor or branch1914–1916
Cuban pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1914–1947
Seychellois rupeeDocumentedSuccessor or branch1919–1925
Harbin dayangDocumentedSuccessor or branch1924–1926
Guatemalan quetzalDocumentedLater absorption1925–1927
Mongolian tögrögDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1926–1931
Honduran lempiraDocumentedSuccessor or branch1932–1935
Manchukuo yuanDocumentedSuccessor or branch1941–1942
Jinan yuanDocumentedLater absorption1946
Northeast Chinese yuan accountingDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1948
Dominican pesoDocumentedMultiple connectionsCNY
Renminbi2 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch1954–1955
South Vietnamese đồngDocumentedSuccessor or branch1955
Cambodian riel before abolitionDocumentedSuccessor or branch1955
Royal / Vientiane kipDocumentedSuccessor or branch1963
Riau Islands rupiahDocumentedLater absorption1964
Indonesian rupiahDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1964
Trinidad and Tobago dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1965
Guyana dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1967
Brunei dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1967
Malaysian dollar / ringgitDocumentedSuccessor or branch1967
Singapore dollarDocumentedLater absorption1976
Lao kipDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1969
Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekweleDocumentedLater absorption1985
CFA francDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1973
Barbados dollarDocumentedLater absorption1978
Vietnamese đồngDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1985
AustralDocumentedSuccessor or branch1990–1991
Córdoba oroDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Argentine pesoDocumentedSuccessor or branch1999
EuroDocumentedSuccessor or branch2019
Zimbabwe dollarDocumentedSuccessor or branch2024
Zimbabwe Gold, 2024 introductionDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 64 connections
Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar Singapore dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar Malaysian dollar / ringgit
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar Brunei dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar Guyana dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar Barbados dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish peseta Euro
1999Documented166.386 Spanish peseta = 1 EURPublished ESP units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekwele CFA franc
1985DocumentedLater contribution or absorption4 Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekwele = 1 XAFEquatorial Guinea adopts CFA currency. Contemporary notice specifies 2 January; preferred over the 1 January date in later Bundesbank metadata.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗United States dollar Dominican peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Nicaraguan córdoba Córdoba oro
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Argentine peso Austral
1985Documented1000 Argentine peso = 1 AustralPeso argentino converted into Austral at 1000 old units per new unit.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austral Argentine peso
1992Documented10000 Austral = 1 ARSAustral converted into Argentine peso at 10000 old units per new unit.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Zimbabwe dollar Zimbabwe Gold, 2024 introduction
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mauritian rupee Seychellois rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Chinese yuan Mongolian tögrög
1925–1927DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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1964DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Jinan yuan Renminbi
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗South Vietnamese đồng Vietnamese đồng
1978DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Honduran real / peso Honduran lempira
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Hong Kong dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Philippine peso, twentieth-century reform lineage
1904DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Macao pataca
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Royal / Vientiane kip Lao kip
1976DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Indochinese piastre Royal / Vientiane kip
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Indochinese piastre Cambodian riel before abolition
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho United States dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Colombian peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Colombian peso Panamanian balboa
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Cuban peso oro español Cuban peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Mexican peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Salvadoran colón
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Haitian gourde
Evidence period: 1808–1813QualifiedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Uruguayan peso
Evidence period: 1828–1831QualifiedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Buenos Aires peso moneda corriente
Evidence period: 1822–1826QualifiedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Buenos Aires peso moneda corriente Argentine peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗United States dollar Zimbabwe dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗United States dollar Liberian dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Ecuadorian sucre United States dollar
2000DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Nicaraguan peso Nicaraguan córdoba
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Guatemalan peso Guatemalan quetzal
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar Riau Islands rupiah
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗United States dollar Confederate dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Guatemalan peso British Honduras / Belize dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Manchukuo yuan Northeast Chinese yuan accounting
1946DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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1951DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Mauritius colonial dollar accounting
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mauritius colonial dollar accounting Mauritian rupee
1877DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Nicaraguan peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Guatemalan peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Honduran real / peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Ecuadorian sucre
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Cuban peso oro español
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Indochinese piastre South Vietnamese đồng
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Chinese yuan Jinan yuan
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Chinese yuan Harbin dayang
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Harbin dayang Manchukuo yuan
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Indochinese piastre
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish peseta Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekwele
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish escudo —1864 account unit Spanish peseta
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting Spanish escudo —1864 account unit
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Chinese yuan
Evidence period: 1750–1910QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Evidence period: 1497–1603QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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