Originally (now historical): any of various coins, either gold (peso de oro) or silver (peso de plata), current in Spanish territories from the…

The English name for the peso or piece of eight (i.e. eight reales), formerly current in Spain and the Spanish American colonies, and largely used…

In Spain and Spanish America: any of various small silver coins and monetary units, esp. one equivalent in value to the real (real, n.3 1(a)).

In Uruguay, Panama, and (formerly) Chile: a monetary unit worth one hundredth of the main unit of currency; (also) a coin of this value.

A Spanish-American (now Peruvian) silver coin; the Peruvian unit of currency.

A basic monetary unit of Ecuador, consisting of 100 centavos; a coin of this value.

In Costa Rica, Venezuela, Paraguay, and Peru: a monetary unit equal to one-hundredth of the principal monetary unit of that country.

The principal monetary unit of Brazil, which superseded the milreis in 1942, = 100 centavos; also, a coin representing this.

A Peruvian coin, one tenth of the sol, equivalent (1897) to about 4d. English.