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200 Soles de Oro Aviation Heroes
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1974-1978 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU 8 DECIMOS FINO 1975 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Peru's "Aviation Heroes" series honored pioneering Peruvian aviators at a moment when the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces — in power since Velasco Alvarado's 1968 coup — was actively cultivating nationalist mythology around military achievement. The coins were issued under a government that had nationalized major industries and was spending heavily on prestige projects, which helps explain the unusual multi-year commemorative run.
The .800 silver fineness is notably below the .900 standard common to contemporary Latin American commemoratives, a quiet concession to silver prices climbing sharply through the mid-1970s.