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1 Nuevo Sol Peruvian Congress
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Nuevo sol (1991-2015) / Sol (2016-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Peru occupies the central field, depicting a shield quartered with a vicuña passant at upper left representing the animal kingdom, a cinchona tree at upper right representing the vegetable kingdom, and a cornucopia overflowing with gold coins at the base representing the mineral kingdom. The shield is surmounted by a civic wreath. The encircling legend reads 'BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ' along the upper periphery, while the denomination 'UN NUEVO SOL', the fineness 'PLATA 0,925', the weight '33,625g', and the date '2003' appear in the lower field or exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ UN NUEVO SOL 33,625g 2003 PLATA 0,925 |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the Peruvian Congress building in Lima, completed in 1906 after decades of interrupted construction following the devastation of the War of the Pacific. Peru lost its congressional records, treasury archives, and much of its institutional infrastructure when Chilean forces occupied Lima from 1881 to 1884 — rebuilding the physical seat of government was, for a generation of Peruvians, inseparable from rebuilding the republic itself.
Part of a broader commemorative silver program the BCRP sustained through the 1990s and 2000s, these issues were struck in limited quantities primarily for collector distribution rather than circulation.