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Those are the bills and coins in Peru. You have 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 bills.
Recently the government has change the bills but the oldest ones still working.
Talking about the coins you can find 5, 2, 1, 50, 20, 10, 5, and 1.
If you find any dark 5 cents there's no working anymore. 1 cents are not working either.
When you come to Peru you need to name the bills like peruvian people. Thats the way
Thats the way you name it on the streets around Peru. 5 cents I don't know how to say it because it's new.
10 cents is "Un ferro" you can buy a candy. 20 cents "Dos ferros". 50 cents the
most popular coin in Peru, is named "Una china" you can pay a Combi trip.
1 sol is "Una luca" "Un Mango" the most used coin in Peru, you can buy a water bottle.
2 soles is named "Pechito" you can buy two water bottles. 5 soles is named "Un pecho" the biggest peruvian coin.
Talking about bills, 10 nuevo soles is named "Un cheque" you can pay a menu on the streets,
and you still get change. 20 nuevo soles is "Dos cheques" you can buy a half chicken bbq.
50 nuevos soles known as "Baldelomar" you can buy a whole chicken bbq and you get 3 soles change.
The beloved bill in Peru, 100 soles, named as "Basadre"
and the last one, and also the weirdest peruvian bill, 200 soles, named as "Santa Rosita de Lima". You can't find it easily,
but is the most valuable peruvian bill. Here you have the information about
how are bills and coins in Peru in order to not to be fool. Anything else follow me on our blog (visitperunow.wordpress.com). Good luck!
