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100 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1941-1950 |
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| Value | 100 Soles (100 PEH) |
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| Obverse lettering | LIMA, 28 de Setiembre de 1950. EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR 100 100 100 100 CIEN SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY nº 7137 (Translation: Lima, September 28th, 1950. The Central Reserve Bank of Perú will pay to the bearer 100 100 100 100 One Hundred Soles de Oro in accordance with Law No. 7137) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ 100 100 CIEN SOLES DE ORO (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Perú 100 100 One Hundred Soles de Oro) |
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The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú relied heavily on American Bank Note Company throughout the 1940s, a dependency that reflected both the quality of intaglio printing available in New York and the absence of any domestic high-security printing infrastructure in Peru at the time. The decade-long issue window for this series — 1941 through 1950 — spans the entirety of Peru's wartime neutrality and the immediate postwar adjustment period, during which the sol held relatively stable against the dollar before inflationary pressure began eroding purchasing power in the early 1950s.
P#69A distinguishes this note from later issues in the same denomination, suggesting a plate or signature variant rather than a fundamental redesign.