History of Philippine money

The history of Philippine money covers currency in use before the Hispanic era with gold Piloncitos and other commodities in circulation, as well as the adoption of the peso during the Hispanic era and afterwards.

The Philippine peso is ultimately derived from the Spanish peso or pieces of eight brought over in large quantities by the Manila galleons of the 16th to 19th centuries. From the same Spanish peso or dollar is derived the various pesos of Latin America, the dollars of the US and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas: History of Philippine Money".
  2. ^ "Report of the Philippine commission to the President, January 31, 1900, page 142-149, Part IX: The Currency". 1900.
  3. ^ "The Silver Way explains how the Old Mexican Dollar changed the World". May 2017.