The peso was the currency of Guinea-Bissau from 1975 to 1997 and was divided into 100 centavos. It replaced the escudo at par. In 1997, in an effort to...
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The peso was the currency of Costa Rica between 1850 and 1896. It was initially subdivided into 8 reales and circulated alongside the earlier currency...
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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...
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The economy of Guinea-Bissau comprises a mixture of state-owned and private companies. Guinea-Bissau is among the world's least developed nations and...
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with Guinea-Bissau peso. In 1990, the bank was renamed as the Central Bank of Guinea Bissau (Banco Central da Guiné-Bissau). In May 1997 Guinea-Bissau joined...
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Dominican peso – Dominican Republic Ecuadorian peso – Ecuador Guatemalan peso – Guatemala Guinea Bissau peso – Guinea Bissau Honduran peso – Honduras...
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2000.) Salvadoran colón Guinea Bissau peso Mozambican escudo Portuguese escudo (before the euro was introduced) Portuguese Guinean escudo Portuguese Indian...
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Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau adopted the CFA franc in 1997, replacing the Guinea-Bissau peso at a rate of 1 CFA franc = 65 pesos. The currency was...
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for yen. This eliminates the problem caused by the names dollar, franc, peso, and pound being used in dozens of countries, each having significantly differing...
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The peso boliviano (ISO 4217 code: BOP) was the currency of Bolivia from January 1, 1963, until December 31, 1986. It was replaced by the boliviano. It...
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The peso was the currency of Guatemala between 1859 and 1925. The peso replaced the real, with 1 peso = 8 reales. In 1869, the centavo was introduced...
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worthless. In 2016, the Colombian peso was rated at around 3,000 per U.S. dollar, with banknotes up to 50,000 pesos. Instead of redenominating the currency...
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The peso was the currency of El Salvador between 1877 and 1919. The peso replaced the Salvadoran and Central American Republic reales, at a rate of 8 reales...
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Francisco Mendes (category Prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
signature graced the first four banknotes (10, 50, 100 and 500 peso) issued in 1976 in Guinea-Bissau. Although the causes behind his death on July 7, 1978, are...
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The peso was a currency of Ecuador until 1884. Peso was the name of the 8 real coins circulating in Ecuador since the Spanish colonial period. In 1856...
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lira Tripolitanian lira Metica – Mozambique Peseta – Equatorial Guinea Peso – Guinea-Bissau Pound Biafran pound British West African pound – Cameroon, Gambia...
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Balanta people (category Ethnic groups in Guinea-Bissau)
Balanta (Guinea-Bissau Creole and Portuguese: balanta; French: balante; lit. “those who resist” in Mandinka) are an ethnic group found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea...
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1914) and coins (starting in 1933) for use in Portuguese Guinea. Following independence, the peso replaced the escudo at par. In 1933, coins were introduced...
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peseta Guatemalan peso Guinea-Bissau peso Honduran peso Japanese government-issued Philippine peso Nicaraguan peso Paraguayan peso Peruvian peseta Portuguese...
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Malian francs). 1985: Equatorial Guinea joins (1 franc = 4 bipkwele) 1997: Guinea-Bissau joins (1 franc = 65 pesos) In 1998, in anticipation of Economic...
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of Guinea See also French Guinea; French West Africa Dates 1974 – Capital Bissau Currency (1974) 100 centavos = 1 escudo (1976) 100 cents = 1 peso Main...
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Portuguese troops were withdrawn from Portuguese Guinea, which became a UN member state as Guinea-Bissau. This was followed in 1975 by the independence...
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Bissau Currency (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo Main Article Needed See also Africa (Portuguese Colonies); Guinea–Bissau Portugal...
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Guinean franc Liberian dollar Nigerian naira São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Sierra Leonean leone West African CFA franc Benin Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau...
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stores but were hard to find or unavailable at peso prices. As a result, Cubans who earned only in the peso economy, outside the tourist sector, were at...
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Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp Malá (footballer) (born 1979), Bissau-Guinean football midfielder Mala (musician), a member of Deep Dub duo Digital...
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Members Angola Brazil Cape Verde Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Portugal São Tomé and Príncipe Timor-Leste Observers Andorra Argentina Canada...
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pound £ (none) Penny 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny 100 Guinea Guinean franc Fr GNF Centime 100 Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc F.CFA XOF Centime 100 Guyana...
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population lives below the poverty line as of 2023. To deter it and support the peso, the government imposed foreign currency control. Income distribution, having...
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Egyptian pound (redirect from Egyptian guinea)
Guinean franc Liberian dollar Nigerian naira São Tomé and Príncipe dobra Sierra Leonean leone West African CFA franc Benin Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau...
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