Catalog
200 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1969-1974 |
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| Value | 200 Soles (200 PEH) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR DOSCIENTOS SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON SU LEY ORGÁNICA RAMON CASTILLA (Translation: The Central Reserve Bank of Peru will pay to the bearer Two hundred Soles de Oro (Golden Suns) in accordance with its Organic Law Ramón Castilla) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ FRAGATA AMAZONAS DOSCIENTOS SOLES DE ORO (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Peru Frigate Amazonas Two hundred Soles de Oro (Golden Suns)) |
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The 200 Soles de Oro denomination was introduced during a period when Peru's military government under General Juan Velasco Alvarado was nationalizing industries and restructuring the economy — inflationary pressure was building, and higher-denomination notes were a practical necessity rather than a prestige issue. Thomas De La Rue handled the bulk of Peruvian central bank printing through this period, a relationship going back decades that gave the series its characteristic engraved finish.
Pick 103 spans a six-year print window, meaning several date varieties exist within the type, and signatures change across them reflecting turnover in bank directorship during the Velasco years.