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1000 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Peru |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green note with orange and red guilloche underprint. At left, a dark scallop-edged vignette cartouche bears the denomination numeral 1000 and the legend "Soles de Oro" in intaglio. The Peruvian national arms appear in an ornate cartouche at centre, with the date "22 DE JULIO DE 1976" below. An intaglio portrait of Admiral Miguel Grau occupies the right field, with his name inscribed vertically at the far right margin. Three facsimile signatures appear below the arms, captioned DIRECTOR, PRESIDENTE, and GERENTE GENERAL respectively, with the issuing authority legend along the lower border. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Peru's 1000 Soles de Oro denomination was entering increasingly uncomfortable territory by 1976 — inflation was accelerating under the Velasco and then Morales Bermúdez military governments, and what had once been a high-denomination note was losing that status with uncomfortable speed. Within a few years the entire Sol de Oro system would be replaced by the Inti, making notes of this period transitional in an unplanned sense.
Bundesdruckerei's involvement reflects a pattern of Latin American central banks contracting German security printers during this period, when domestic printing infrastructure couldn't meet demand or security standards. The watermark-only security specification is notably lean for a four-figure denomination.