Catalog
200 Nuevos Soles
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Size | 140 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Isabel Flores de Oliva (Santa Rosa de Lima) in intaglio at right, with the 'Pozo de los Deseos' (Desire Well) vignette to the left; the issuer name appears at upper left and the coat of arms at upper right. Face value is rendered in numerals at lower left and in letters at lower centre, with an additional numeral value rotated 90° at right; a vertical black serial number appears at left and a red horizontal serial number in graduating size at lower right, with a security thread embedded at right and a watermark window at left. |
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| Reverse description | The Convento de Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic Convent) occupies the left portion of the design, with a rose motif vignette at centre; the face value appears in numerals at upper left and lower right, and in letters along the lower margin. The issuer name runs across the top of the note. |
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The 200 Nuevos Soles denomination was introduced as part of Peru's post-hyperinflation recovery, after the Nuevo Sol replaced the Inti in 1991 at a rate of one million to one — a ratio that tells you everything about what the 1980s had done to Peruvian purchasing power. By 1995, the currency had stabilized sufficiently that a 200-unit note was practical rather than farcical.
The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, better known as the Italian state mint and printing works, has handled Peruvian banknote contracts across multiple series. Their intaglio work on this issue is competent if unremarkable for the period.