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1 Sol
| Issuer | Casa Nacional de Moneda, Lima |
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| Year | 1922-1923 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#217 |
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| Reverse description | A seated allegorical figure of Liberty faces left, draped in classical robes and wearing a radiate crown; she holds a tall staff surmounted by a Phrygian cap in her right hand, while a round shield adorned with a radiant sun device rests against her left side. To her right stands a low columnar pedestal bearing a laurel wreath. The curved legend FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION arcs along the upper and lateral periphery, while the denomination UN SOL appears in the exergue. The design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION - UN SOL |
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Peru's shift to .500 fine silver for this issue — down from the .900 standard of earlier soles — reflected the post-WWI silver price spike that had made higher-purity coinage economically untenable for many minting authorities worldwide. The Casa Nacional de Moneda in Lima was not alone in making this adjustment, but the two-year window of production before further monetary reforms curtailed the type gives the 1922–1923 dates an outsized presence in collections relative to their actual mintage figures.