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The official currency of Spain since 2002 is the Euro. The basic and most prevalent unit of Spanish currency before the Euro was the Peseta . The first Peseta coins were minted in 1869, and the last were minted in 2011.
All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 25 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [1] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [2]
The peseta, previously not a monetary unit but a colloquial name for the coin worth 1 ⁄ 5 of a peso, was formally introduced as a currency unit in 1868, at a time when Spain considered joining the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). [10] Spain eventually decided not to formally join the LMU, although it did achieve alignment with the bloc. [11]
The euro is the result of the European Union's project for economic and monetary union that came fully into being on 1 January 2002 and it is now the currency used by the majority of the European Union's member states, with all but Denmark (which has an opt-out in the EU treaties) bound to adopt it.
Several European microstates outside the EU have adopted the euro as their currency. For EU sanctioning of this adoption, a monetary agreement must be concluded. Prior to the launch of the euro, agreements were reached with Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City by EU member states (Italy in the case of San Marino and Vatican City, and France in the case of Monaco) allowing them to use the euro ...
Currency of Spain; A. Almoravid dinar; C. Catalan peseta; M. Royal Mint (Spain) R. Spanish real; S. Spanish escudo; Spanish peseta; Media in category "Currencies of ...
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The Bank of Spain (Spanish: Banco de España, pronounced [ˈbaŋko ðe esˈpaɲa]) is Spain's central bank and the Spanish member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Spain from 1874 to 1998, issuing the Spanish peseta. Since 2014, it has also been Spain's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. [3]