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Dark blue intaglio print on multicolour guilloche underprint with green and red elements. A central oval vignette contains a bust of a female allegory of Liberty in three-quarter profile, wearing a laurelled headdress, surrounded by fine lathe-work scrollwork. The denomination '1/2' appears in large numerals to either side of the central vignette, with red serial numbers flanking the portrait. The issuing bank's title arches across the top, with the date and series designation at lower left and lower right respectively. |
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Uniform green intaglio print throughout. A central oval vignette contains a scene of oil industry workers in a field setting, with figures in period dress operating equipment. Large '1/2' denomination numerals occupy the left and right panels within ornate scalloped frames, and a bold rectangular panel at the base carries the denomination inscription. The printer's imprint appears below the lower border. |
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The Banco de Reserva del Perú was established in 1922 — the same year this series was first issued — replacing the earlier system of commercial bank emission that had produced chronic monetary instability throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Peru had long pegged its paper to the libra peruana de oro, a unit tied conceptually to the British gold sovereign, and this note reflects that alignment. The half-libra denomination was uncommon across Latin American reserve bank issues of the period.
The American Bank Note Company held Peru's printing contracts through much of this era, producing the entire P#48 series in New York.