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Evidence coverage: 1868–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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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
Children / successors
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Spanish pesetaFTM000790 · C668, C669
Standards and other context
contractual account valuationThe 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 evidencePublic offices must express operations in pesetas from1 July1870,including amounts originally documented in earlier units.
Sources and qualifications → Account-reckoning transmissionThe 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.
1868supportedThe19 October decree legally establishes the peseta as principal monetary unit.
C1780 1870supportedPublic 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 substitution1 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 changeoverSpain: 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.