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500 Soles de Oro

Issuer Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Year 1969-1974
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in brown and purple tones on a cream ground with fine guilloche underprint. At center-left, a sculptural vignette of a warrior group monument is set against the ornate background, alongside the circular national arms of Peru. At right, an intaglio portrait of Nicolás de Piérola faces left, identified by a small caption below. The denomination QUINIENTOS SOLES DE ORO is inscribed in a central panel, with the issuer title DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU and PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR above, and DE ACUERDO CON SU LEY ORGÁNICA below.
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Reverse description The reverse is rendered in brown tones with a fine geometric guilloche border frame. A detailed architectural vignette of the Casa Nacional de Moneda occupies the center, surrounded by trees and a low fence, with the caption CASA NACIONAL DE MONEDA inscribed beneath the building. The issuer name BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU runs across the top, and QUINIENTOS SOLES DE ORO appears along the lower margin, with the denomination numeral 500 repeated in each corner.
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Signature(s) 1969 - Alejandro Arce Rojas and Francisco Miró Quesada
1974 - Hugo Muñoz and Francisco Miró Quesada
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