peseta

/pəˈseɪtə/
noun
  1. The former currency of Spain, replaced by the euro in 2002.
    • My grandmother still has a few old peseta coins in her jewelry box.
    • The price of a coffee was about 100 pesetas in the 1990s.
    • Before the euro, tourists in Spain exchanged dollars for pesetas.
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