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1 Nuevo Sol Gran Mariscal Ramón Castilla
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Thickness | 3.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | The national coat of arms of Peru, featuring the three-part shield with a vicuña, a cinchona tree, and a cornucopia, occupies the central field. The arms are encircled by the legend BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU along the upper border. In the lower portion of the field, the denomination UN NUEVO SOL appears above the fineness and weight specifications PLATA 0.925 33.625 gr, with the date 1997 also inscribed. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ramón Castilla served as president of Peru twice — 1845–1851 and 1855–1862 — and his second term ended slavery and the indigenous head tax, reforms that fundamentally altered Peruvian society. The coin commemorates his rank of Gran Mariscal, the highest military honor Peru confers, earned through decades of fighting across the wars of independence and subsequent regional conflicts.
The 1997 issue belongs to a commemorative series from the BCRP honoring figures central to Peruvian nationhood, struck in sterling-adjacent silver for the collector market rather than circulation.