peseta

The primary unit of currency in Spain and Andorra before the adoption of the euro.

A silver coin struck by Christian VII. of Denmark for Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

A silver coin of modern Spain.

It is equal to 19.3 United States cents, or 9½d. sterling. There is a gold coin of 20 pesetas and a silver coin of 5 pesetas.

In Peru, the fifth part of the silver sol, equal to a French franc.

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.

The former currency of Spain ad Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos

formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos