The Venezuelan Bolivar is since 1879 the national currency of the South American countryVenezuela. It was named after Simon Bolivar . Following a revaluation of the Bolivar 1 January 2008, he officially called Bolivar Fuerte (Strong Bolivar; abbreviation: BsF). In 1879, the Bolívar inVenezuelawas officially introduced. It replaced the previous valid Venezolano in the ratio [...]
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Uruguayan peso
December 12th, 2011
admin The Uruguayan peso is the legal tender of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay issued by the Central Bank ofUruguay. Your code ISO 4217 is UYU. Currently, the monetary authority ofUruguay, the Banco Central del Uruguay has fulfilled a goal that had not been achieved since the introduction of the Uruguayan Peso. The goal was to [...]
Surinamese dollar
December 12th, 2011
admin TheSurinamedollar (in Dutch Surinaamse dollar or just dollar) is the currency officialSuriname. The code ISO 4217 is SRD, and as recently as a currency that is the only abbreviation used in the country, where the symbol is not used general dollar , $. It is subdivided into 100 cents or center (singular percent). TheSurinamedollar was [...]
Peruvian nuevo sol
December 12th, 2011
admin The nuevo sol (S /.) ( ISO 4217 : PEN) is the currency of legal tender inPerusince 1991 , divided into 100 cents. Currently circulating coins of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 2 and 5 nuevos soles and notes 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 soles. Currently, to revive and give effect to [...]
Paraguayan guaraní
December 12th, 2011
admin The Guarani (plural: Guarani) is the legal currency ofParaguayand the oldest in legal tender ofAmerica. Each Guarani is divided into 100 cents, however, due to inflation , the pennies are no longer used. This coin was created by Act of October5 in1943 to replace the weight . The Guarani were first issued in 1944 . [...]
Guyanese dollar
December 12th, 2011
admin The dollar (or dollar) is the official currency ofGuyana. Your code ISO 4217 is GYD. The dollar has been the currency ofGuyana(formerlyBritish Guiana) since 1839. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively dollars GY Unlike other dollar-denominated currencies. Since 1955 has been divided into 100 centavos, although no longer used due [...]
Falkland Islands pound
December 12th, 2011
admin The Book of the Falkland Islands ( ISO 4217 Code FKP) is the currency of the Falkland Islands and also South Georgia and theSouth Sandwich Islands. It is divided into one hundred pennies , as the British pound . When the Argentine occupation of the archipelago between 1810 and 1833, the Argentine peso was used, [...]
Ecuadorian centavo coins
December 12th, 2011
admin The Ecuadorian cents were introduced in the year 2000 whenEcuadorchanged its currency Ecuadorian sucre to the dollar . Coins come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and are identical in size and value to their counterparts in U.S. cents (although the U.S. 50 cent piece is rarely used). The coins circulating [...]
Colombian peso
December 12th, 2011
admin The Colombian peso is the currency of legal tender inColombia. His formal abbreviation is COP ( ISO four thousand two hundred and seventeen ), and informally is abbreviatedCOL$. Locally, using the dollar sign ($) (which is also used by U.S. dollars , worth noting that the dollar symbol is drawn with a single line on [...]
Chilean peso
December 12th, 2011
admin The Chilean peso is the legal currency ofChile. Your code and number ISO 4217 are CLP and 152, respectively, and its symbol is $. The weight was established in 1817 with the independence of the country and remained as such until December 31 of 1959 , when he was replaced by the shield . By [...]
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