Centesimo

Centesimo (Italian: centesimo; pl.: centesimi; Spanish: centésimo; pl.: centésimos) is a currency unit equivalent to cent, derived from the Latin centesimus meaning "hundredth". In Italy it was the 1⁄100 division of the Italian lira.

Currencies that have centesimo as subunits include:

Circulating

• Euro cent (in Italian, see Language and the euro)
• Panamanian balboa
• Swiss franc (in Italian, see Rappen)
• Uruguayan peso

Obsolete

• Boliviano (1864–1963)
• Chilean escudo
• Dominican franco
• Eritrean tallero
• Italian lira
• Lombardo-Venetian lira
• Luccan franc
• Neapolitan lira
• Papal lira
• Paraguayan peso
• Parman lira
• Sammarinese lira
• Sardinian lira
• Somalo
• Vatican lira

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