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Peru's currency is the sol, which is divisible into 100 centimos. The currency code for ISO 4217 is PEN. The name of the new currency, the sol, is a return to that of Peru's historic currency because the previous version of the sol was in use from 1863 to 1985. The sol replaced the Peruvian inti in 1991. The word sol also means "sun" in Spanish, despite the fact that it comes from the Latin solidus in this context. As a result, there is continuity with the earlier Peruvian inti, which was called for Inti, the Inca Sun God. The currency was first issued in 1991 and given the name nuevo sol, but on November 13, 2015, the Peruvian Congress decided to rename it to just sol.