Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Sol José Faustino Sánchez Carrión
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 7.32 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A three-quarter left-facing portrait of José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, the prominent Peruvian statesman and independence advocate, occupies the central field. The legend 'JOSÉ FAUSTINO SÁNCHEZ CARRIÓN' curves along the upper portion of the coin, with 'BICENTENARIO 1821-2021' inscribed below the portrait. The denomination '1 SOL' appears in the lower field, and the Lima Mint mark is positioned to the right of the portrait. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Sánchez Carrión was the Peruvian statesman who, more than perhaps any other figure, argued successfully against monarchy in the early republic — his 1822 letters under the pseudonym "El Solitario de Sayán" directly shaped the constitutional debate that kept Peru from crowning a king. The coin was issued as part of Peru's ongoing "Riqueza y Orgullo del Perú" commemorative circulation series, which the BCRP has used since the early 2000s to rotate historical and natural subjects through the standard one-sol format.
He died in 1825, just months after independence was secured, aged around 35.