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200 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1969-1974 |
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| Currency | Sol (1863-1985) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of fishermen in a boat; at right, a portrait of Ramón Castilla; the national coat of arms appears at center. The issuer's name runs along the top margin, with the face value inscribed below the arms. |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette of the frigate Amazonas under sail, oriented to the right, occupies the center of the note. The issuer's name is inscribed along the upper margin, the denomination spelled out in full below the vignette, and numeral face values repeated in all four corners. |
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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.