Catalog
50 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1941-1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a young girl with a lamb and sheep to the right, rendered in intaglio with fine engraved detail. The issuer's name arches across the top margin, while the face value appears both in numerals and letters within the lower portion of the note. Date and place of issue are inscribed within the text panel. |
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| Reverse description | An allegorical couple occupies the central vignette, framed by guilloche underprint work. The issuer's name is lettered across the top, with the denomination in large bold numerals flanking the central image on both sides, and the value in full words inscribed in the lower margin. |
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The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú turned to the American Bank Note Company for much of its mid-century output — a common arrangement for Latin American central banks whose domestic printing infrastructure couldn't meet the security and engraving standards required at the time. This series ran through most of the 1940s, a period when Peru's wartime economic position was complicated by commodity export pressures and a sol that was being managed against inflationary drift.
Pick 68A distinguishes itself from the closely related 68 by signature combination — a detail that trips up collectors who don't cross-reference the signatory pairs against appointment dates in the BCR's institutional record.