What is the official currency of the Republic of the Philippines?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Step 1: The Philippine Peso (locally called piso) derives from the Spanish silver peso that circulated extensively during three centuries of Spanish colonial rule.
- Step 2: Issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, it is symbolized by ₱ and subdivided into 100 sentimos.
Answer
Philippine Peso (PHP)
Why not the others: 'Indonesian Rupiah' is the currency of Indonesia; 'Malaysian Ringgit' is the currency of Malaysia; 'Vietnamese Dong' is the currency of Vietnam.
Practise more Countries and Currencies.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed General Knowledge mock tests.
More Countries and Currencies questions
- What is the official currency of Japan?
- What is the official currency unit of the United Kingdom?
- Which currency is used by Switzerland and the neighboring principality of Liechtenstein?
- What is the official currency of South Korea?
- What is the official name of the legal currency of the People's Republic of China?
- What is the legal tender currency of the Russian Federation?