Obverse features a camo portrait of former president (1908-1912) of The Republic of Peru, Augusto B. Leguia. Reverse features an inscription dedicated to the construction of the Rimac Canal and the individuals involved in the project.
Obverse lettering
AUGUSTO
B. LEGUIA
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
SE CANALIZÓ EL RIMAC
POR ORDEN
DEL EXCMO. SR.
AUGSTO B. LEGUIA
É INAGURO EL OBRA
EN 1912
SIENDO
MINISTRO
DE FOMENTO
EL SR. DR. JOSÉ MAUEL
GARCIA
INGENIEROS
E. BUZZI - W.L. MORKILL
A.J. NORRIS
CONSTRUCTOR: JOSÉ TARTARI (Translation: THE RIMAC WAS CHANNELIZED BY ORDER OF THE HONORABLE MR. AUGUSTO B. LEGUIA AND HE INAGURATED THE WORK IN 1912 BEING MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT DR. JOSE MANUEL GARCIA ENGINEERS E. BUZZI - W.L. MORKILL A.J. NORRIS BUILDER: JOSE TARTARI)