The South American Tour, by Annie S. Peck, Part 1, REMASTERED
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The Currency of South America
Most resident Americans and English speak of certain coins, soles or pesos as dollars. A man in Lima who speaks of $20 probably means soles, practically $10. In Panama, a clerk or a coachman saying $0.20 or $1 means silver, i.e. $10.50. The English pound being precisely the same as Peruvian is interchangeable with them.
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