Evidence coverage: 1779–1916. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
Peso oro español is expressly an imaginary unit of account/value distinct from circulating coins; contract/account conversion corroborates denomination. Metal phrase in label does not make it only a gold coin.
Sources and qualifications →Peso oro español is expressly an imaginary unit of account/value distinct from circulating coins; contract/account conversion corroborates denomination. Metal phrase in label does not make it only a gold coin.
Sources and qualifications →Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Cuba’s national peso replaced local Spanish-gold peso accounting through the 1914–1916 monetary reform.
Printed pp.1593–1594, paragraph continuing shipment of Spanish and French gold; p1594 left column first paragraph; Chapter XXXIII, paragraphs defining peso oro Español and stating peseta never became local unit; printed pp.363–364, account conversion completed practically by 1 June 1916
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed pp.1593–1594, paragraph continuing shipment of Spanish and French gold; p1594 left column first paragraph; Chapter XXXIII, paragraphs defining peso oro Español and stating peseta never became local unit; printed pp.363–364, account conversion completed practically by 1 June 1916
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Peso oro español is expressly an imaginary unit of account/value distinct from circulating coins; contract/account conversion corroborates denomination. Metal phrase in label does not make it only a gold coin.
pp 363–364 money-and-banking discussion
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Cuban Spanish-gold peso accounting developed from locally rated Spanish peso reckoning and retained that identity rather than adopting Spain's1868peseta as its account unit.
ChapterXXXIII,1779premium and1868unit paragraphs
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.