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1/2 Sol de Oro Large Coat of Arms
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1966-1973 |
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| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Peruvian national coat of arms, rendered in high relief, occupies the central field, enclosed within a raised circular border. The arms depict a quartered shield featuring a vicuña at upper left, a cinchona tree at upper right, and a cornucopia at base, all surmounted by a crested helmet and flanked by laurel and palm branches tied at the base. The circular legend BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU runs along the upper periphery, with the date positioned in the lower exergual area. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/2 SOL DE ORO PAREJA (Translation: 1/2 Gold Sol Pareja) |
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The Sol de Oro had been Peru's currency since 1931, but by the mid-1960s inflation was steadily eroding its purchasing power. The brass half-sol pieces struck across this window were workhorses of everyday commerce during a period of significant political turbulence, including the 1968 coup in which General Juan Velasco Alvarado overthrew Fernando Belaúnde Terry and installed a left-nationalist military government that would ultimately push the sol toward collapse by the following decade.