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10 Soles de Oro Admiral Grau
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 10 Soles (10 PEH) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU 10 SOLES DE ORO ·1984· |
| Reverse description | Facing bust portrait of Miguel Grau Seminario, Grand Admiral of the Peruvian Navy, rendered in high relief and occupying the majority of the field. The subject is depicted with a full beard and mustache, wearing a civilian collar and bow tie. The circular legend 'GRAN ALMIRANTE MIGUEL GRAU' arcs around the upper periphery, while the commemorative dates '1834 - 1984' marking the 150th anniversary of his birth appear in the lower exergual area. |
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Miguel Grau Seminario, the Peruvian admiral commemorated here, died aboard the monitor Huáscar at the Battle of Angamos in October 1879 — the engagement in which Chilean forces finally captured the vessel after months of failed attempts. Peru issued this piece in the early 1980s during a period of severe economic deterioration; inflation would exceed 7,000% before the decade closed, rendering denominations like this one effectively worthless within years of striking.