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Ditto for Peru. They had the sol [0] (until 1985), then 1000 of those became the inti [1] (1985-91) and then a million of those became the nuevo (new) sol [2] in 1991. But through the whole time, anyone with the means would be using USD if they wanted to hold cash.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_sol_(1863%E2%80%93198...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_inti

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_sol




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