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1 Sol
| Issuer | Junta Administradora y de Vijilancia de la Emisión Fiscal |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Reference(s) | P#1 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of a classical allegorical female figure, flanked on each side by angelic figures; the country name arches across the top margin, with the face value expressed in both letters and numerals to either side of the central vignette. The place and date of issue appear in the lower portion of the note, accompanied by the authorising board's legend and manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNO UNO 1 1 La REPÚBLICA DEL PERÚ PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR UN SOL UN SOL UNO UNO 1 1 Conforme a lo dispuesto en las leyes de 27 de Enero y 4 de Febrero de 1879 LIMA, JUNIO 30 DE 1879 POR LA JUNTA ADMINISTRADORA Y DE VIJILANCIA DE LA EMISION FISCAL (signatures) (Translation: One One 1 1 The Republic of Peru Will pay to the bearer One Sol One Sol (Sun) One One 1 1 As stated on the Laws from January 27th., and February 4th., 1879 Lima, June 30th., 1879 By the Administrator and Checking Board of Tax Issue) |
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The Junta Administradora y de Vijilancia de la Emisión Fiscal was a supervisory body established by the Peruvian government specifically to oversee the forced paper money emission of 1879 — issued at the outbreak of the War of the Pacific against Chile. The billete fiscal was a wartime fiscal measure, not a conventional banking note, and the government leaned on the ABNC in New York for production precisely because Peru's own infrastructure couldn't support emergency printing at scale.
The archaic spelling "Vijilancia" in the issuing authority's name — rather than the modern "Vigilancia" — pins the typography firmly to the orthographic conventions of the period. This is P#1: the first catalogued issue of the series.