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1/8 Peso Provisional Coinage
| Issuer | Casa Nacional de Moneda de Lima |
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| Year | 1823 |
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| Value | 1/8 Peso (1) |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the denomination OCTAVO DE PESO is inscribed in two lines across the central field, with the date 1823 positioned in the lower portion of the field. The circular legend REPUBLICA PERUANA, flanked by the mint mark LIMA and assayer initial V, runs around the periphery, all enclosed within a reeded outer border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Peru's 1823 provisional copper issues were emergency strikes produced while the newly independent republic had yet to establish a functioning monetary system. Spanish colonial silver coinage remained in circulation alongside these pieces, and the provisional series was never meant to be permanent — it was a stopgap while Lima's mint transitioned from colonial to republican authority. The political situation was still genuinely unstable; royalist forces held parts of the country until 1826, meaning these coins circulated in a nation not yet fully in control of its own territory.