500 Intis

The Inti was introduced in February 1985 to replace the Sol at a rate of 1,000 to 1, itself an acknowledgment that inflation had already gutted the old currency. By 1986, when this 500 Inti note was issued, the rate was still superficially manageable — but within three years, hyperinflation would accelerate so severely that denominations would reach into the millions, and the Inti itself would be replaced by the Inti Millones in 1990, then abandoned entirely for the Nuevo Sol.

Printing was handled by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre in Madrid, as Peru's own production capacity was insufficient for the volume the crisis demanded.