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1 Sol 450 years of the first Peruvian coin
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ LIMA UN SOL 33.625 g PLATA 0.925 2018 |
| Reverse description | High-relief depiction of both faces of the first silver coin struck at the Lima Mint in 1568, rendered as a cob-style (macuquina) piece bearing the characteristic PLVS VLTRA pillars and waves design of the Spanish colonial coinage, with a partial castle and lion visible on the upper coin face. The two coin faces are displayed overlapping in the center field against a mirror-polished background. The legend PRIMERA MONEDA ACUÑADA EN LA CASA DE MONEDA DE LIMA arcs along the upper and left periphery, with the date 1568 in the lower exergue. |
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The coin being commemorated here is the 1659 macuquina — a cob-style piece struck at the Lima mint, which had been operating since 1568 and was among the earliest mints established by the Spanish crown in the Americas. The anniversary calculation anchors to 1568, not to the first documented strike, which makes the 450-year framing a matter of institutional reckoning rather than strict numismatic precision.
Lima's colonial mint was briefly suppressed and relocated to Potosí during administrative disputes in the late 16th century before being permanently re-established.