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50 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1962-1968 |
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| Reference(s) | P#85 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR 50 50 CINCUENTA SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO A LA LEY 13958 LIMA, 9 de Febrero de 1962 (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Peru will pay to the bearer 50 50 Fifty Soles de Oro (Golden Suns) in accordance with Law No. 13,958 Lima, February 9th, 1962) |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light, located in the unprinted margin area of the note. |
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| Comments |
Thomas De La Rue produced this series for the Banco Central de Reserva throughout a period when Peru's monetary policy was under sustained pressure from fiscal imbalances tied to the Belaúnde Terry government's public works programs. The 50 Soles de Oro denomination sat at a practically useful mid-tier — high enough to matter, common enough to circulate hard.
De La Rue's contract with Lima dated back decades, and the watermark security on this issue reflects the firm's standard intaglio-and-letterpress split production of the period, rather than any Peru-specific enhancement.