PESETA  , a See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin and unit of value, the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, Belgian and Swiss See also:

• FRANC

franc, the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• LIRA

lira and the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek drachma in the Latin monetary See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . The peso (See also:

• LAT

Lat. pensum, See also:

• WEIGHT

weight), of which peseta is a diminutive, was a Spanish coin of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, peso de oro, or silver, peso de See also:

• PLATO

Plato, once current in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and her colonies, and now the name of a silver coin of many See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American states . The peso is also the name of the Mexican See also:

• DOLLAR

dollar .