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1/2 Dinero
| Issuer | Peru |
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| Year | 1890-1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Peruvian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield with a vicuna in the upper left canton, a cinchona tree in the upper right, and a cornucopia in the lower half, all enclosed within a wreath of laurel and palm branches tied at the base. A wreath crown appears above the shield. The circular legend REPUB. PERUANA is inscribed along the upper periphery, with the assayer's initials and fineness designation flanking the sides. The mint name LIMA and the fineness notation 9D: FINO appear to the right, with the assayer's initials to the lower right. The date is struck in the exergue below the shield. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUB.PERUANA LIMA 9D:FINO J.F. 1897 (Translation: Peruvian Republic Lima 9 Dineros fineness J. F. 1897) |
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Peru's fractional silver coinage of this period was issued under the monetary system established by the 1863 decimal reform, which replaced the old real with the sol. The half dinero occupied the lowest denomination in silver, and its small size made it genuinely useful for daily transactions at a time when paper currency remained deeply distrusted in the provinces. Production ran across multiple Lima Mint issues over nearly three decades, with output varying sharply year to year depending on silver supply from the Andean mines — themselves still recovering from the economic devastation of the War of the Pacific, which ended in 1884.