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  2. Central banks and currencies of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Banco Central de Nicaragua Panama: United States dollar: Banco Nacional de Panamá: float Paraguay: Paraguayan guaraní: Banco Central del Paraguay Peru: Peruvian sol: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú Suriname: Surinamese dollar: Centrale Bank van Suriname Uruguay: Uruguayan peso: Banco Central del Uruguay Venezuela: Venezuelan bolívar ...

  3. Guatemalan peso - Wikipedia

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    The peso replaced the real, with 1 peso = 8 reales. In 1869, the centavo was introduced, worth one hundredth of a peso, but the real continued to be produced until 1912, when Guatemala fully decimalized. In 1870, the peso was pegged to the French franc at a rate of 1 peso = 5 francs.

  4. Guatemalan quetzal - Wikipedia

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    The first banknotes were issued by the Central Bank of Guatemala in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 quetzales, with 1 ⁄ 2 quetzal notes added in 1933. In 1946, the Bank of Guatemala took over the issuance of paper money , with the first issues being overprints on notes of the Central Bank.

  5. List of currencies in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The Chilean currency, the Chilean peso, is also strong. [10] However, this again means that manufacturing struggles, as cheaper imports are pricing them out of business. [10] In January 2011, after Chile announced that in 2011 the country planned to buy foreign reserves of $12 billion, the peso experienced an immediate fall in value. [10]

  6. Colón (currency) - Wikipedia

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    The colón (₡) refers to two Central American currencies: the Costa Rican colón (CRC), used in Costa Rica since 1896; the Salvadoran colón (SVC), used in El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the American dollar

  7. Bank of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of Guatemala (Spanish: Banco de Guatemala) is the central bank of Guatemala. It was established in 1945. It is one of the most recognized Brutalist themed architectural structures. Designed by architects José Montes Córdova and Raúl Minondo, the iconic bank stands within the heart of the city's civic center.

  8. Costa Rican colón - Wikipedia

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    The Central Bank printed on them the corresponding signatures and dates, and the legend "BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA" over "BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA". Regular issues of notes began in 1951, but a second provisional issue of 2 colones notes was made in 1967. 1,000 colones notes were added in 1958, followed by 500 colones in 1973, 5,000 ...

  9. Economy of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Guatemala's large expatriate community in the United States, has made it the top remittance recipient in Central America. These inflows are a primary source of foreign income, equivalent to nearly two-thirds of exports. Guatemala's gross domestic product for 1990 was estimated at $19.1 billion, with real growth slowing to approximately 3.3% ...