Mexican peso facts for kids

A two-peso coin from 1921, issued to commemorate the centennial of the independence of Mexico.

The peso (sign: $; code: MXN) is the currency, or money, of Mexico. The symbol used for the peso is "$", which is the same as for the US dollars it got its symbol from the Spanish-Mexican currency. It is one of the most traded currencies in the world. The current ISO 4217 code for the peso is MXN; before its value was changed in 1993, the code MXP was used. The peso is made up of 100 centavos, represented by "¢". The name comes from the Spanish words pesos oro (gold weights) or pesos plata (silver weights). The meaning of peso in English is weight.

Images for kids

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  Spanish dollar, 1761

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  Silver peso or 8 reales of "cap and ray" design used for East Asian trade, 1840

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  Front and back of an 1866 twenty-peso gold coin, depicting Maximilian I of Mexico.

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  Peseta or 25 centavos, 1889.

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  Quinto or 5 centavos, 1904.

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  Tostón or 50 centavos, 1919.

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  100 pesos of the old Mexican peso, 1988 (Series A).

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  A ten-peso banknote of the London Bank of Mexico and South America at the National Numismatic Museum, Mexico City.

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  A Mexican dollar used as currency in Tokugawa Japan, countermarked with "Aratame sanbu sadame" (改三分定, fixed to the value of 3 bu).

See also

In Spanish: Peso mexicano para niños