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1000 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries paired portrait vignettes of two Peruvian national heroes: Rear Admiral Miguel Grau at left, facing right, and Colonel Francisco Bolognesi at right, facing left, rendered in intaglio. The Coat of Arms of Peru is centred between the portraits, with three facsimile signature lines of the Director, President, and General Manager of the Banco Central de Reserva appearing below. Guilloche underprint patterns fill the field, with the denomination value printed at both lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU PAGARA AL PORTADOR MIGUEL GRAU FRANCISCO BOLOGNESI 1000 SOLES DE ORO DE ACUERDO CON SU LEY ORGANICA LIMA, 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1975 (Translation: THE CENTRAL RESERVE BANK OF PERU WILL PAY TO THE BEARER MIGUEL GRAU FRANCISCO BOLOGNESI DIRECTOR PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER 1000 SOLES [SUNS] OF GOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ORGANIC LAW LIMA, OCTOBER 2nd 1975) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in deep carmine-red and presents a large intaglio vignette of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, rendered in fine engraved detail with the terraced stone ruins in the foreground and the iconic peak of Huayna Picchu rising in the background against a lightly guilloche-patterned sky. The denomination numeral 1000 appears in guilloche cartouches at all four corners, with the bank title "BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU" across the top and "MIL SOLES DE ORO" along the lower border. The printer's imprint "THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED" is typeset in small lettering at the bottom centre beneath the main border. |
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