Peruvian sol

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fiat currency legal tender

The Peruvian sol is the official monetary unit of Peru, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Peruvian nuevo sol 4
Peruvian sol (old sol) 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
legal tender ⓘ
belongsToCurrencySystem Peruvian monetary system ⓘ
centralBank Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú

Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
currencySymbol S/. ⓘ
decimalPlaces 2 ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
formerISO4217Code PEN (unchanged after renaming from nuevo sol) ⓘ
formerName nuevo sol ⓘ
introduced 1991 ⓘ
isDecimalCurrency true ⓘ
ISO4217Code PEN ⓘ
isPartOf Peruvian economy ⓘ
issuingAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú

Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus legal tender for all debts public and private in Peru ⓘ
legalTenderIn Peru ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Peru
monetaryAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ
monetaryPolicyRegime inflation targeting ⓘ
monetaryUnitOf Peru ⓘ
nameInSpanish sol peruano ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Peru ⓘ
pluralForm soles ⓘ
region South America ⓘ
replacedCurrency Peruvian inti ⓘ
inti ⓘ
replacedCurrencyAtRate 1 sol = 1,000,000 intis ⓘ
subunit céntimo ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 céntimos ⓘ
usedBy Peruvian businesses ⓘ
Government of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Peruvian government

Peruvian residents ⓘ
usedFor accounting in Peru ⓘ
domestic pricing ⓘ
electronic payments in Peru ⓘ
everyday transactions ⓘ
retail payments ⓘ
savings ⓘ
tax payments ⓘ
wages and salaries ⓘ
usedIn Peruvian economy ⓘ
Peruvian financial system ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cusco → currency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
Lima → currency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
Peru → currency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
Peruvian economy → currency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
San Luis → currency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
BCRP → currencyManaged → Peruvian sol ⓘ
PEN → officialName → Peruvian sol ⓘ
Peruvian inti → predecessorCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peruvian sol (old sol)
inti → replacedBy → Peruvian sol ⓘ
subject surface form: Inti (currency)
this entity surface form: Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian inti → replacedByCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peruvian nuevo sol
inti → replacedCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
subject surface form: Inti (currency)
this entity surface form: Peruvian sol (old sol)
Peruvian inti → replacedCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peruvian sol (old sol)
inti → successorCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
subject surface form: Inti (currency)
this entity surface form: Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian inti → successorCurrency → Peruvian sol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peruvian nuevo sol