The Mexican peso (symbol: ; code: MXN) is the currency of peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 16th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "".. The current ISO 4217 code for the peso is MXN; prior to the 1993 revaluation, the code MXP was used. The peso is subdivided into 100 centavos, represented by "¢".