Catalog
1000 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Currency | Sol (1863-1985) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in deep carmine-red and presents a large intaglio vignette of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, rendered in fine engraved detail with the terraced stone ruins in the foreground and the iconic peak of Huayna Picchu rising in the background against a lightly guilloche-patterned sky. The denomination numeral 1000 appears in guilloche cartouches at all four corners, with the bank title "BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU" across the top and "MIL SOLES DE ORO" along the lower border. The printer's imprint "THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED" is typeset in small lettering at the bottom centre beneath the main border. |
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| Protection description | Miguel Grau's portrait, visible when the note is held to light |
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Peru's 1000 Soles de Oro denomination was caught in the middle of a chronic inflation spiral that ultimately forced the country to abandon the Sol entirely in 1985, replacing it with the Inti at a rate of 1000 to 1. A note that felt substantial in 1975 was effectively fractional within a decade.
Thomas De La Rue handled the print run from London, as they did for much of the Banco Central de Reserva's output during this period — a long-standing arrangement that outlasted several currency reforms.