Catalog
50 Soles
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of María Rostworowski (1915–2016), renowned Peruvian historian, occupies the right half of the note against a pink and rose guilloche underprint with pre-Columbian geometric motifs. Three facsimile signatures appear in the centre field beneath the titles PRESIDENTE, DIRECTOR, and GERENTE GENERAL, with the issue date at lower centre. A colour-shifting optically variable ink patch in the shape of a stepped pre-Columbian motif is positioned to the lower right, alongside the large intaglio numeral «50» at upper right and the serial number printed vertically on the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) in three-quarter view occupying the left and centre of the note, rendered in deep rose-brown tones over a pale multicolour guilloche ground with pre-Columbian stepped fret watermark-style patterns. To the upper right, the flowering spike of the Puya raimondii — the giant bromeliad endemic to the Peruvian Andes — is engraved in fine detail. The Coat of Arms of Peru appears in blue intaglio at lower left, accompanied by the denomination numerals at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Electrotype watermark of the numeral 50 and portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread with microprinting; optically variable ink (OVI) patch at lower right of obverse shifts colour on the stepped pre-Columbian motif |
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