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10 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and yellow-green guilloche underprint with an oval vignette at center showing a seated allegorical Liberty figure with a shield bearing the Peruvian sun symbol and a cornucopia, printed in intaglio. Denomination numeral "10" appears in ornate rosette cartouches at left and right, with the date "Lima, 26 de Febrero de 1965" at lower right. Three facsimile signatures for Director, Presidente, and Gerente General appear along the lower margin above the printer's imprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on white paper, the reverse is dominated by a central circular guilloche medallion enclosing an intaglio vignette of the National Coat of Arms of Peru, surrounded by elaborate lathe-work ornamental borders. Large numeral "10" counter-numerals appear in decorative frames at left and right, with further denomination numerals in the four corners. |
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The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú relied on the American Bank Note Company for much of its mid-century printing work, a relationship common among Latin American central banks that lacked domestic intaglio capacity. By 1965, however, Peru was moving steadily toward locally printed issues, and this series would not survive the decade unchanged — the sol de oro itself was eventually replaced by the inti in 1985 following sustained inflationary pressure that had been building since the 1970s.
P#88 belongs to a transitional phase in the series, issued while the ABNC still held the contract before production shifted.