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500 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1968-1975 |
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| Size | 157 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU PAGARA AL PORTADOR QUIENIENTOS SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON SU LEY ORGANICA NICOLAS DE PIEROLA PRESIDENTE EJECUTIVO DIRECTOR LIMA, 20 DE JUNIO DE 1969 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Thomas De La Rue printed this series for Peru across a seven-year window that encompassed significant monetary stress — by the early 1970s, inflation was accelerating sharply under the Velasco Alvarado military government, and the 500 Soles denomination, once a substantial sum, was losing purchasing power faster than new printings could be distributed. The note's longevity as a type reflects not monetary stability but the difficulty of reforming a circulating series mid-crisis.
Peru replaced the entire Sol de Oro system with the Inti in 1985, at which point surviving 500 Soles notes became obsolete overnight.