Chile's currency:

The currency of Chile is called a peso. The current peso has been there since 1975. Locally the symbol used for it is $. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The average exchange rate of the Chilean peso to the U.S dollar was 1 U.S. dollar to 472.34 Chilean pesos in February 2013.
The Chilean peso was introduced in 1817.
In 1835, copper coins denominated in centavos were introduced but it was not until 1851 that the real and escudo denominations ceased to be issued and further issues in centavos and décimos (worth 10 centavos) commenced.