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500 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1946-1952 |
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| Value | 500 Soles (500 PEH) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR QUINIENTOS SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON LA LEY Nº 10535 LIMA, 10 DE JULIO DE 1952 (Translation: The Central Reserve Bank of Peru will pay to the bearer Five hundred Soles de Oro Accordingly to Law # 10 535 Lima, July 10th., 1952) |
| Reverse description | The Peruvian national coat of arms is centred within a circular guilloche surround. The issuer name arches along the upper border, while the denomination appears in numerals at all four corners and along the lateral margins, with the value spelled out in full in letters beneath the arms. |
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| Comments |
Waterlow & Sons held the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú printing contract through much of the mid-twentieth century, and this 500 Soles de Oro series reflects the firm's characteristic intaglio quality from that period. The denomination was substantial — 500 Soles represented serious purchasing power in postwar Peru, where inflation was a persistent concern and high-value notes rarely lingered long in ordinary hands.
The watermark remains the sole listed security feature, which was not unusual for Waterlow contracts of this vintage, though the paper quality itself was considered a deterrent against local forgery.