The Battle of Callao on May 2, 1866 was the last significant naval engagement between Spain and its former South American colonies — Spain's final serious attempt to reassert influence on the Pacific coast. A joint Peruvian-Chilean squadron repelled the Spanish fleet under Casto Méndez Núñez, who was wounded during the action. Peru struck this centennial commemorative exactly one hundred years after that engagement.
KM#250 had a mintage of just 10,000 pieces, struck at the Lima mint.
The Battle of Callao on May 2, 1866 was the last significant naval engagement between Spain and its former South American colonies — Spain's final serious attempt to reassert influence on the Pacific coast. A joint Peruvian-Chilean squadron repelled the Spanish fleet under Casto Méndez Núñez, who was wounded during the action. Peru struck this centennial commemorative exactly one hundred years after that engagement.
KM#250 had a mintage of just 10,000 pieces, struck at the Lima mint.