Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
|---|---|
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ PAGARA AL PORTADOR DIEZ SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON SU LEY ORGANICA LIMA, 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1975 DIRECTOR PRESIDENTE GERENTE GENERAL GARCILASO INCA DE LA VEGA THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED. |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an engraved scene of traditional totora reed boats (balsas) with sail and pole on the waters of Lake Titicaca, set against a panoramic background of distant mountains and sky. Several figures are visible aboard the vessels, with reed beds along the shoreline framing the composition on both sides. The caption "LAGO TITICACA" appears below the vignette, with the denomination legend "DIEZ SOLES DE ORO" printed in large letterpress along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
By 1975, Peru's military government under General Francisco Morales Bermúdez had inherited an economy badly strained by the reformist spending of the Velasco years. The sol was depreciating steadily, and the 10 Soles de Oro denomination — already modest — was losing purchasing power fast enough that this series would be superseded within a few years by higher-denomination issues printed domestically.
De La Rue's involvement with the BCR went back decades, and the London-printed relationship persisted well into the 1970s despite Peruvian nationalism running high in other sectors of the economy. The watermark security on this issue is relatively minimal for a De La Rue production of the period.