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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 2394905, member: 44615&quot;]I made a list of words that are used in Spanish to describe US coins.</p><p>Most accurate and some slang, (in parenthesis)</p><p>I asked my Puerto Rican family what they would call each coin and I found some of the responses interesting</p><p><br /></p><p>1C - Un Centavo, Un Penny (slang), Un Chavo (slang)</p><p><br /></p><p>5C - Cinco Centavos, Un Niquel (slang), Un Vellon (slang), Una Ficha (slang)</p><p><br /></p><p>10C - Diez Centavos, Diez Chavos (slang)</p><p>you can&#039;t say Dime because that means <i><b>tell me</b></i> in Spanish but not pronounced Dime</p><p><br /></p><p>25C - Veinte Cinco Centavos, Una Peseta - most likely from Spain</p><p><br /></p><p>50C - Cincuenta Centavos, Medio Peso</p><p><br /></p><p>$1.oo - Un Dolar, Un Peso (slang)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a similar infographic on Puerto Rican words for money - I want to share thie webpage with you - <a href="http://www.speakinglatino.com/puerto-rican-spanish-words-for-us-currency/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.speakinglatino.com/puerto-rican-spanish-words-for-us-currency/" rel="nofollow">http://www.speakinglatino.com/puerto-rican-spanish-words-for-us-currency/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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