centésimo

plural centésimos

1. alternativeAlternative form of centesimo (“monetary unit in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile”).

   I knew you were waiting for somebody or something, a woman, a baggage, some señorita who doesn’t care two centésimos for you and is after your bolivars!

   1924, T[homas] S[igismund] Stribling, Red Sand, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 218

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   A coinage of bronze centésimos had been struck in Lyons, Paris, and Birmingham between 1840 and 1869, but only in 1877 was a proper coinage of silver 10, 20, and 50 centésimos, and 1 peso struck to the specifications of the Latin Monetary Union.

   1973, Theodore V[ern] Buttrey, Jr., “[The Spanish Tradition] The Spanish American Republics”, in Coinage of the Americas, New York, N.Y.: The American Numismatic Society, →LCCN, page 59

   The Signora, overseeing the process, was scandalised all over again and flew into a rage when Janet offered her one centésimo, the smallest bit of money that was made.

   2013, Kenneth Cameron, The Haunted Martyr, Rearsby, Leics.: W F Howes Ltd, →ISBN, page 186