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1/2 Sol de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1935-1965 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1935 - KM#220.1 Royal Mint London (Proof). - 1935 - KM#220.1 Royal Mint London. - 10,000,000 1941 - KM#220.1 Royal Mint London. - 4,000,000 1941 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. - 2,000,000 1942 - KM#220.2 Philadelphia Mint. - 4,000,000 1942 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. - 1942 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. Initials AP. - 1942 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. long top `2` (see comments). - 1942 S - KM#220.3 San Francisco Mint. - 1,668,000 1943 - KM#220.2 Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1944 - 4,000,000 1943 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. - 2,000,000 1943 S - KM#220.3 San Francisco Mint. - 6,332,000 1944 - KM#220.2 Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1945. - 4,000,000 1944 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint, overdate varieties exist. - 1944 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. Initials AP. - 1944 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. - 1944 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. Initials AP. - 1945 - KM#220.4 Lima Mint. Initials AP. - 4,000,000 1945 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. - 1945 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. Initials AP. - 1946 - KM#220.5 Lima Mint. Initials AP. Overdate varieties exist. - 3,744,000 1947 - KM#220.5 - 6,066,000 1947 - KM#220.5 Initials AP. - 1948 - KM#220.5 - 3,324,000 1949 - KM#220.5 - 420,000 1950 - KM#220.5 - 91,000 1951 - KM#220.5 - 930,000 1952 - KM#220.5 - 935,000 1953 - KM#220.5 - 817,000 1954 - KM#220.5 - 637,000 1955 - KM#220.5 - 1,383,000 1956 - KM#220.5 - 2,309,000 1957 - KM#220.5 - 2,700,000 1958 - KM#220.5 - 2,691,000 1959 - KM#220.5 - 3,609,000 1960 - KM#220.5 - 5,600,000 1961 - KM#220.5. Narrow date, see comments. - 4,400,000 1961 - KM#220.5. Wide date, see comments. - 1962 - KM#220.5 - 3,540,000 1963 - KM#220.5 - 4,345,000 1964 - KM#220.5 - 5,315,000 1965 - KM#220.5 - 7,090,000 1965 - KM#220.5. Proof. - |
| Additional information |
Peru's Sol de Oro system was established by the 1931 monetary reform that ousted the libra peruana, itself a casualty of the Great Depression's pressure on gold-linked currencies. The Banco Central de Reserva, founded that same year, oversaw this transitional coinage. The thirty-year span of this type — 1935 through 1965 — reflects remarkable institutional continuity through periods of considerable political turbulence, including multiple coups and the Odría dictatorship of the early 1950s.
Brass composition shifted across the series as wartime metal priorities and postwar commodity prices forced reformulations — hence the alloy notes.