41. Individual payments are made in Chilean pesos ( the country's legal tender ), according to the daily value of the UF. 42. In all, there were 49 companies registered in Santiago or Valparaiso, with a nominal capital of 16, 000, 000 Chilean pesos . 43. The Chilean peso 's recent declines led to buying in local heavyweights as their American Depositary Receipts gained in value, they added. 44. The peso is the world's second-strongest currency behind the Chilean peso , which is up 2 . 3 percent, so far this year. 45. The Chilean peso had its biggest one-day fall in five years on concern the country's economy would be affected by Asian woes. 46. Since Chilean peso inflation continued to outpace U . S . dollar inflation, every year Chilean buying power of foreign goods increased,. 47. Yet the Chilean peso can't strengthen any further without leaving the exchange rate band in which it is allowed to trade, analysts said. 48. The Brazilian currency, the real, plunged to a 12-month low Thursday; the Chilean peso this week dipped to its lowest level in a year. 49. Agust�n Edwards Ossand�n had founded Banco de A . Edwards y C�a in 1867; it issued banknotes in Chilean pesos and also pounds sterling. 50. The Chilean peso has weakened 10.1 percent since Oct . 20, losing much of its ground against the dollar in the last two weeks.
