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The
centavo
(
Spanish
and
Portuguese
'one hundredth') is a fractional monetary unit that represents one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world.
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The term comes from
Latin
centum
(
lit.
'
one hundred
'
), with the added suffix
-avo
('portion').
Coins of various denominations of centavos have been made from
copper
,
stainless steel
,
aluminum-bronze
, and
silver
.
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Circulating
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Places that currently use the centavo include:
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50 Philippine centavos (1964) of the
English series
.
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10 Philippine centavos (1945), from the Commonwealth period.
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1 Brazilian centavo (2003), no longer produced.
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1 sentimo coin (2002), from the BSP series
Obsolete
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Former forms of the centavo that are no longer in use include:
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