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    The peso is the monetary unit of several Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, as well as the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire , the word peso translates to "weight". In most countries of the Americas, the symbol commonly known as dollar sign , "$", was originally used as an abbreviation of "pesos" and later adopted by the ...

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      The Mexican peso (symbol: $; code: MXN) is the currency of...

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  2. peso, the monetary unit of several Latin American countries and the Philippines; it is divided into 100 centavos. The peso was introduced into Spain by the monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, who reformed the Spanish coinage system in 1497; it did not come into common use, though, until the time of Charles I (the emperor Charles V).

  3. The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas and the Philippines. Originating in Spain, the word peso translates to "weight" and uses the peso sign ("$"; "₱" in the Philippines ). The silver peso worth eight reales was also known in English as a Spanish dollar or "piece of eight" and was a widely used international trade ...

  4. The Colombian peso ( sign: $; code: COP) is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP. The official peso symbol is $, with Col$. [1] also being used to distinguish it from other peso - and dollar -denominated currencies.

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