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| 背面描述 | A classical standing female figure, helmeted and draped in robes in the manner of Liberty or Minerva, occupies the central field facing left. She raises a staff or rod in her right hand and rests her left hand upon a large rectangular shield or tablet inscribed with the word LIBERTAD arranged vertically across multiple lines. The encircling legend reads FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION, referencing the political motto of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation era, with a small dot stop visible at the base of the design. |
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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.