Where did this money come from?
Riau Islands rupiah
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
5 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1100–1500
Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1497–1603
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1821–1823
Spanish real / peso de a ochoQualifiedPredecessor1903–1906
Mexican pesoDocumentedPredecessor1963
Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollarDocumentedThis currency
Riau Islands rupiahDates, conversion terms and evidence 5 connections
Mexican peso Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Mexican peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar Riau Islands rupiah
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Evidence period: 1100–1500QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Evidence period: 1497–1603QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗The currency’s profile explains its later replacement by an existing currency. That conversion is not founding ancestry.