Catalog
8 Escudos
| Issuer | Republic of North Peru |
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| Year | 1836-1838 |
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| Currency | Real (1568-1858) |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO · NOR-PERUANO · M · T · M 8 E · 1838 · |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Republic of North Peru was a short-lived state created in 1836 when Bolivian president Andrés de Santa Cruz engineered the political fragmentation of Peru as a precursor to forming his Peru-Bolivian Confederation. This 8 escudos was struck during that narrow window of provisional government, before Santa Cruz's confederation collapsed following Chilean military intervention at the Battle of Yungay in January 1839.
Issues from this authority are scarce by any measure — the minting infrastructure was limited, the political entity itself lasted under three years, and gold coinage circulated hard in an economy hemorrhaging specie. Lima mint production records from this period remain fragmentary.