Centesimo (plural centesimi) is an Italian word derived from the Latincentesimus meaning "hundredth". It was one hundredth of currencies named lira. But not all lira-denominated currencies feature centesimo as their one hundredth subunit. For example, the Turkish lira is divided into 100 kuruş and the Maltese lira is divided into 100 cents. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Lira is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City. ... The Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey until 2005. ... The new kuruÅŸ coin KuruÅŸ was a Turkish currency subunit. ... The Maltese lira, known in the Maltese language as the Lira Maltija, is the currency of Malta. ... A two-cent euro coin A United States penny, or 1¢ In currency, the cent is a monetary unit that equals 1/100 of the basic unit of value. ...
Currencies that have centesimo as subunits include:
In Italian, centesimo is the common way of describing the euro cent. ISO 4217 Code CHF User(s) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Campione dItalia Inflation 1. ... Named in honor of Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the balboa is the official currency of Panama. ... The peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 code: UYU) is the official currency of Uruguay. ... “EUR†redirects here. ...
Obsolete
20 centesimi of Italian lira, 1912
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