The peso sign might have simply evolved out of the Peso Fuerte which was written as "PF". Here is an article on the origin of the Peso sign: http://philmoney.blogspot.com/2008/01/theory-on-origin-of-peso-sign.html
The Peso sign is placed before the amount.
The currency of Mexico is the peso. The symbol for it is the dollar sign. The international currency symbol for the Mexican peso is MXN. There are 100 centavos in one peso. A peso is worth about 0.07 USD (seven cents).
peso sign
Mexico uses the "$" symbol to represent pesos.
In fact, Mexico invented such sign ('$') for the Mexican peso and the US took it for its own currency.
The Peso = PHP. The sign for the peso is a capitol P with two horizontal lines through the top of the P - ₱. I think the smaller coins are cents. ₱200.00
a peso you get a peso you kept
A peso is 100% of a peso.
The Mexican currency is the Peso.
There is no such thing as a "dollar peso". Mexico uses the "$" sign to mean peso, and they're 2 different currencies. Mexican currency was devalued in 1992 at the rate of 1000 old pesos to one new peso, so your coin is actually worth only 5 centavos at current rates. That's less than a penny.
It was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom
"Un Peso" is Spanish for "One Peso."