Catalog
50 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1933-1939 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a girl with a lamb and sheep to the right, rendered in intaglio in a pastoral allegorical style. The issuer name arches across the top of the note, with the face value expressed in both numerals and letters in the lower portion. The date and legal authority reference (Ley No. 7137) appear within the lower inscription panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ 50 50 CINCUENTA SOLES DE ORO (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Perú 50 50 Fifty Soles de Oro (Golden Suns)) |
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The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú was itself a recent creation when this series began — founded in 1931 out of the wreckage of the Leguía government's financial collapse and the broader shock of the Depression. The bank replaced the older Banco de Reserva del Perú and inherited the task of stabilizing a currency that had been severed from gold convertibility almost immediately after the new institution opened.
ABNC's work for Peruvian issues in this period is consistently well-executed at the intaglio level. The 50 Soles denomination sat at the upper end of practical circulation for the period — large enough that most examples showing genuine wear passed through commercial rather than retail hands.