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Spanish peseta: research record

Evidence coverage: 1868–2002. 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.

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Currency continuity

Spanish peseta

FTM000166 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1868–2002; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Spanish escudo —1864 account unitaccount unit replacement · 1868–1870
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Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsnational currency converges into euro · 1999-01-01
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Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekweleterritorial currency separation · 1969
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Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Spanish pesetaFTM000790 · C668, C669

Standards and other context

contractual account valuation

The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.

C1946

Latest research

Earlier account evidence

The19 October decree legally establishes the peseta as principal monetary unit.

Sources and qualifications →
Earlier account evidence

Public offices must express operations in pesetas from1 July1870,including amounts originally documented in earlier units.

Sources and qualifications →
Account-reckoning transmission

The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1868supported

The19 October decree legally establishes the peseta as principal monetary unit.

C1780
1870supported

Public offices must express operations in pesetas from1 July1870,including amounts originally documented in earlier units.

C1781
Monetary history 2 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1999-01-01Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 166.386 ESP. Spain: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

C668, C669, C646
2002-01-01Euro cash changeover

Spain: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.

C669
Evidence & research notes 7 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C668

1 EUR = 166.386 ESP.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 · Open source ↗

art.1, Spain currency row; exact decimal retained

Source access and limitations

Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.

Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.

Supported C669

Spain: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

Annex, Spain row; arts.2–3 provide substitution

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

Supported C1711

Equatorial Guinea introduced its own peseta in 1969 after previously forming part of the Spanish monetary area using the Spanish peseta. The national unit was initially at parity with the Spanish peseta and was subsequently renamed ekwele in 1975. The parent is the Spanish peseta; the earlier national name was peseta, not peso.

Adhemar Byl; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · The Economy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Recent Evolution and Prospects, Report AW-37a, 27 November 1972 Citation S879 · Open source ↗

IBRD report paragraphs 24–30 and exchange-rate table; BEAC footnote 3

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Damian Ondo Mane Nchama; Bank of Central African States · The Bank of Central African States (BEAC): How the Regional Central Banks Have Evolved and What Does the Future Hold?, Lettre de la Recherche No. 15 Citation S880 · Open source ↗

IBRD report paragraphs 24–30 and exchange-rate table; BEAC footnote 3

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1780

The19 October decree legally establishes the peseta as principal monetary unit.

Spanish Provisional Government · Monetary decree19 October 1868 Citation S932 · Open source ↗

art1

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1781

Public offices must express operations in pesetas from1 July1870,including amounts originally documented in earlier units.

Spanish Ministry of Finance · Decree23 March 1869 Citation S933 · Open source ↗

art3

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

OCR private-transaction year corrupt;omit it pending image transcription.

Supported C1801

Existing escudo ordinary payment amounts are discharged in pesetas at0.4 escudo per peseta;public books convert in 1870. Specie-specific contracts retain statutory adjustments.

Spanish Ministry of Finance · Decree23 March 1869 Citation S933 · Open source ↗

arts1–3

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

OCR private-transaction year corrupt;omit it pending image transcription.

Supported C1946

The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.

Tribunal Supremo; transcription hosted by Societat Catalana d’Estudis Jurídics, Institut d’Estudis Catalans · Sentència23-11-1912, Parets and others versus Carreras and Hospital de Santa Cruz Citation S1001 · Open source ↗

Registry quotation of31July1878 agreement, line42

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.

Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.

Supported C646

Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

arts.1, 1a, 2–3

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

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