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5 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1941-1947 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green intaglio, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette illustrating a rural scene with figures engaged in agricultural or forestry labour amid dense tropical vegetation. The oval is surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and four large corner numerals 5. The bank title curves across the top and the denomination 'CINCO SOLES DE ORO' is set in a straight legend at the bottom, with the printer's imprint below. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ CINCO SOLES DE ORO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The P#66A belongs to a series issued across one of Peru's more economically turbulent decades — the country had only recently stabilized its currency after the late 1930s contraction, and the Banco Central de Reserva was still a young institution, having been established in 1931 partly at the urging of Edwin Kemmerer's financial reform mission. American Bank Note Company held the contract throughout this period, as they did for much of Latin America's smaller-denomination printing.
The 1941–1947 date span covers Peru's entry into a brief but costly border conflict with Ecuador in 1941, which put real pressure on public finances and accelerated note circulation at the lower denominations.