Replacement for the Spanish colonial real (4)

I believe the answer is:

peso

(Other definitions for peso that I've seen before include "Mexican currency unit" , "Foreign currency" , "Latin American money" , "Mexican coin" , "Mexican dollar" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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