sol (Peru)

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The sol is the current official currency of Peru, used for everyday transactions and monetary policy in the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
sol (Peru) canonical 1
sol peruano 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Peruvian currency
fiat currency
centralBank Central Reserve Bank of Peru
country Peru
currencySymbol S/.
dateOfIntroduction 1991
denominationType banknote
coin
exchangeRateAtIntroduction 1 sol = 1,000,000 intis
formerName nuevo sol
hasInflationTargeting true
hasSecurityFeatures banknotes with anti-counterfeiting features
historicalPredecessor Peruvian inti
Peruvian sol
surface form: Peruvian sol (1863–1985)
isDecimalCurrency true
ISO4217Code PEN
issuingAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru
languageOfName Spanish
legalStatus legal tender
legalTenderIn Peru
monetaryPolicyAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru
monetaryUnitOf Peruvian economy
nameMeaning sun in Spanish
officialCurrencyOf Peru
officialNameChange 2015
region South America
regulatesMoneySupply Central Reserve Bank of Peru
replacedCurrency Peruvian inti
surface form: inti (Peru)
subunit céntimo
subunitToUnitRatio 100
typicalBanknoteDenominations 10 soles
100 soles
20 soles
200 soles
50 soles
typicalCoinDenominations 1 sol
10 céntimos
2 soles
20 céntimos
5 soles
50 céntimos
usedBy Peruvian businesses
Government of Peru
surface form: Peruvian government

Peruvian residents
usedFor everyday transactions in Peru
monetary policy in Peru
usedIn cash payments in Peru
electronic payments in Peru

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

nuevo sol successorCurrency sol (Peru)
subject surface form: Nuevo sol
PEN officialName sol (Peru)
this entity surface form: sol peruano