Centimo

10 centimos, 1878, Alfons XII. (Spain)

The céntimo (Spanish) or cêntimo (Portuguese), abbreviated c , plural céntimos ( cts ), is the hundredth sub-unit of various currencies in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.

The following currencies in Spanish-speaking countries are divided into 100 céntimos:

• The Costa Rican Colón
• The Paraguayan guaraní
• The Peruvian Nuevo Sol and before that the Inti , but not the old Sol before 1985
• The Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte and before that the old Bolívar

The Spanish peseta was until the introduction of the euro -Bargeldes in 2002 also divided into 100 centimos. Colloquially, the Spaniards today refer to the euro cent as "Céntimo".

While the Portuguese escudo was subdivided into Centavos , the term "Cêntimo" existed or existed as a name for the sub-unit of currencies of some of the former Portuguese colonies:

• The Sao-Tome Dobra .
• The Angolan Kwanza (since the 1999 currency reform).
• The Mozambican metica , a planned currency for which coins were minted in 1975 but which was never introduced.