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1 Sol José Faustino Sánchez Carrión
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ 2022 (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Peru) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sánchez Carrión was the Peruvian statesman who, more than perhaps any other figure, argued successfully against monarchy in the early republic — his 1822 letters under the pseudonym "El Solitario de Sayán" directly shaped the constitutional debate that kept Peru from crowning a king. The coin was issued as part of Peru's ongoing "Riqueza y Orgullo del Perú" commemorative circulation series, which the BCRP has used since the early 2000s to rotate historical and natural subjects through the standard one-sol format.
He died in 1825, just months after independence was secured, aged around 35.