Mexican Peso in Peruvian Sol

MXN Mexican Peso

Country of application:
Mexico

Coin denominations in circulation:
100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 pesos, 50, 20, 10 and 5 centavos.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1000, 500, 200, 100, 50 and 20 Mexican pesos.

History reference:
The Mexican peso is the currency of the state of Mexico. In the 19th century, Spanish gold and silver coins of the Latin American region were one of the worlds currencies and were widely used in trad...e. In 1863, there was a transition to the decimal system: a coin of 8 reais (“Spanish dollar”) was called the peso

PEN Peruvian Sol

Country of application:
Peru

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 20, 50 sentimo, 1, 2, 5 salts.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10, 20, 50, 100 salts.

History reference:
The Peruvian Sol is the national currency of the Republic of Peru. Sol was introduced on February 14, 1863 as a result of a monetary reform to replace the old Spanish monetary system with a new natio...nal Peruvian one. Prior to that, from 1858 to 1863, Republican Peru issued denominations in reals, centavos and escudos. A decimal system was introduced, 1 new sol was equal to 10 old reais. Salt also replaced the Bolivian peso, which was common in the south of Peru, the exchange was made at the rate of 1.25 pesos per 1 new Peruvian salt. Initially, the new currency was pegged to the French franc: 1 sol was equal to 5 francs, about five sols were equal to the British sovereign.