Céntimo
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The céntimo was a currency unit of Spain and other countries which were historically influenced by Spain. The word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred". The main Spanish currency (pre-euro) was the peseta which was divided into 100 céntimos.
Céntimo is one hundredth of the following basic monetary units:
[edit] Current
- Costa Rican colón (but as centavo between 1917 and 1920)
- Paraguayan guaraní
- Peruvian nuevo sol
- Philippine peso (In 1967, peso and centavo are renamed piso and sentimo using Filipino spelling.)
- Venezuelan bolívar
- São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (as cêntimo)
[edit] Obsolete
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- Mozambican metica (never issued)
- Spanish peseta
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