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The lempira was introduced in 1931, replacing the peso at par. In the late 1980s, the exchange rate was two lempiras to the United States dollar (the 20-centavos coin is called a daime as it was worth the same as a U.S. dime). As of April 4, 2022, the lempira was quoted at 24.40 HNL to US$1. [3]
Guyanese dollar: Bank of Guyana Honduras: Honduran lempira: Banco Central de Honduras Mexico: Mexican peso: Banco de México: float Nicaragua: Nicaraguan córdoba: 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 ...
With exception of the United States dollar, it is the only currency that is legal tender in the Dominican Republic for all monetary transactions, whether public or private. Until the promulgation of the 2010 constitution, peso oro (English: Gold peso) was the official name of the currency of the Dominican Republic.
Jorge Lardé y Larín argues that the name Lempira derived from words of the Lenca language: lempa, meaning "lord" as a title of hierarchy, i meaning "of", and era, meaning "hill or mountain". Thus, Lempira, means "lord of the mountain" or "lord of the hill". [1] When the Spaniards arrived in Cerquin, Lempira was fighting against neighboring ...
The East Caribbean dollar is used in all seven member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Anguilla (a British overseas territory); the only OECS member using a different currency is the British Virgin Islands, [13] a British overseas territory where the U.S. dollar is the official currency.
The Australian dollar, which can serve as a more liquid proxy for the Chinese currency, rose 1.2% on the day to $0.6262. The euro, meanwhile rose 1.3% on the day to $1.0401, set for one of its ...
Lempira (Lenca ruler) (died 1537), 16th century leader of the Lenca peoples of Central America, who led local resistance against the Spanish conquistadores; Honduran lempira, unit of currency; Puerto Lempira, the capital of the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios; Lempira Department, the Honduran political division; Lempira F.C., a Honduran ...
The modern dollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote the Spanish dollar, [2] whereas the pound and lira symbols evolved from the letter L (written until the seventeenth century in blackletter type as ) standing for libra, a Roman pound of silver.