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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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| Value | 5 Soles de Oro |
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| Obverse description | Dark purple intaglio print on a light guilloche underprint. A central vignette presents a classical female bust in profile, wearing a crested helmet, set within an ornate oval frame flanked by large numeral 5s at left and right. The bank title arches across the top, with the series designation and serial numbers in red at upper left and right. The denomination legend 'CINCO SOLES DE ORO' appears in bold letterpress at lower centre, with the date and legal reference below, and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| 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.