nuevo sol

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Nuevo sol was the former official currency of Peru, introduced in the early 1990s to replace the hyperinflated inti and later renamed simply the sol.

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Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former currency
category Currencies of Peru
Modern obsolete currencies
centralBank Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
country Peru
currencyOf Republic of Peru
dateRenamed 2015
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeRateContinuity 1 nuevo sol = 1 sol at renaming
followedBy sol
inflationContext introduced after period of hyperinflation in Peru
introduced 1991
early 1990s
ISO4217Code PEN
languageOfName Spanish
legalStatusAfterRenaming same currency continued under name sol
legalTenderIn Peru
monetaryAuthority Central Reserve Bank of Peru
monetaryReform part of early 1990s Peruvian economic stabilization program
numericISO4217Code 604
officialName nuevo sol
nuevo sol peruano
peggedTo floating exchange rate regime
reasonForIntroduction replacement of hyperinflated inti
stabilization of Peruvian currency
redenominationRateFromInti 1 nuevo sol = 1,000,000 intis
region South America
renamedAs sol
replacedCurrency Peruvian inti
inti
startOfUse July 1, 1991
status currency name replaced by sol
no longer official name
subunit céntimo
subunitToUnit 100
successorCurrency sol (Peru)
symbol S/.
usedFor everyday transactions in Peru
pricing of goods and services in Peru

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nuevo sol
Nuevo sol ("nuevo sol peruano")
officialName
Peruvian sol
formerName
PEN
introducedAs

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