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1/2 Real
| Issuer | Republic of North Peru |
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| Year | 1836-1838 |
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| Value | 1/2 Real |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A standing allegorical figure of Liberty faces left, draped in classical robes and wearing a plumed helmet. She holds a staff or spear in her right hand and rests her left hand upon a large shield positioned at her side. The figure stands on a ground line with a small mintmark or privy mark visible below. The curved legend FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION arcs around the upper periphery, translating as 'Firm and Happy through Union,' expressing the political motto of the North Peruvian state. |
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The Republic of North Peru was a short-lived state created in 1836 when Bolivian president Andrés de Santa Cruz invaded and partitioned Peru as a precursor to his larger project, the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. This coinage was struck during that three-year window before Chilean and Peruvian opposition forces defeated Santa Cruz at the Battle of Yungay in January 1839, dissolving both the northern and southern Peruvian republics along with the Confederation itself.
The issuing authority ceased to exist within roughly three years of this coin's first production run.