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100 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1949-1954 |
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| Value | 100 Soles (100 PEH) |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange-brown on a cream ground, the reverse carries the Peruvian national coat of arms within a circular guilloche vignette at centre, flanked by two large star-shaped lathe-work rosettes each bearing the numeral "100". The denomination legend CIEN SOLES DE ORO runs along the lower border in bold letterpress, while the bank title BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU is set in a decorative panel across the top. The overall design is executed in fine engine-turned geometric underprint without additional pictorial elements. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU CIEN SOLES DE ORO (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Peru Cien Soles de Oro) |
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Thomas De La Rue held the printing contract for Peruvian banknotes across much of the mid-twentieth century, and this series reflects that relationship — the engraving quality is consistently higher than anything produced domestically at the time. The Banco Central de Reserva had been issuing Soles de Oro since the currency reform of 1931, which replaced the Libra Peruana partly in response to the collapse of commodity export revenues during the early Depression years.
Pick 73 spans a five-year dating range, and notes from the early 1950s occasionally show minor plate wear on the serial numbering consistent with heavy production runs during Peru's postwar economic expansion.