what are dollars called in spain?
Peseta
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 Most Spanish @-@ language countries and regions use the long scale with 109 = mil millones , for example : 

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 In Spain , 26 percent of the population supports Barcelona as their primary club , with another 7 % supporting Barcelona while having another club as their primary . Throughout Europe many fans regard Barcelona as their second club . Since the 2003 – 04 season , the club 's membership figures have risen from 100 @,@ 000 to 170 @,@ 000 socis in September 2009 , a 70 percent increase . The sharp rise was attributed to the influence of Ronaldinho and then @-@ president Joan Laporta 's media @-@ strategy , which focused on online media in Spanish and English . As of June 2010 there are 1 @,@ 335 officially registered penyes around the world , representing an 11 percent increase since 2003 . 

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 In 1868 , the Central Republican Board of Cuba and Puerto Rico was founded . The group organized expeditions to Cuba , offering supplies to movements that supported the independence of Puerto Rico and Cuba . Founded by José Francisco Basora , a Puerto Rican revolutionary and friend of Ramón Emeterio Betances , the group had connections within the wealthy sugar industry in the larger antille . Bonds for quantities of 100 , 500 and 1 @,@ 000 pesos were printed between June 1 and November 1 , 1869 , in order to cover the expenses of the two planned revolutions . On August 17 , 1869 , the board issued notes in denominations of 1 , 5 , 10 and 20 pesos , these were produced to establish an affordable alternative to the bonds . All of these issues circulated throughout North and South America as well as the Caribbean . Although they were widespread in the Spanish processions , their use was kept clandestine to avoid imprisonment by the royal authorities . However , none of them was redeemed due to the failure of the Ten Years ' War and Little War in Cuba . On December 17 , 1866 , Maria Christina of Austria signed a decree which authorized the auctioning of a railroad in Puerto Rico . In 1888 , Ivo Bosch y Puig , an engineer from Catalonia , received the concession to put the project in march . In Madrid , Bosch y Puig established the Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico ( lit . " Puerto Rico Railroad Company " ) . During this decade , Charles Skipper and East produced 5 @-@ peso banknotes in England , which were circulated after receiving the signatures of Bosch y Puig and an unidentified associate . 

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 Despite their unpopularity in the United States , the coins proved popular for commerce in El Salvador and Ecuador , nations that use the United States dollar . 

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 Even though Congress set up a framework for the use of the metric system in the nineteenth century , the United States continues to use US customary units , based on English measure passed by parliament under the reign of Queen Anne in 1706 , for most purposes apart from science and medicine . In Puerto Rico , metric units are widely used due to the vast majority of the population having Spanish heritage . 
