Chilean peso : Ask Biography

Currency

Local name

peso chileno

ISO 4217 Code

CLP

Official user

Chile Chile

Inflation

1.5%

Subunit

1/100

centavos

Symbol

(or $, due to its availability in the western keyboard).

Coins and Banknotes

Central bank

Banco Central de Chile

Mint

Casa de Moneda

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The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins remain in circulation. The average exchange rate of the Chilean Peso to the U.S Dollar was 1 U.S. Dollar to 559.7 Chilean Pesos in 2009. On September 30, 2010, the U.S. dollar was valued at 485.23 pesos.