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2 Centavos Pattern, with Hole
| Issuer | Peru |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Engraver(s) | Armando Pareja |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DOS 2 CTS. (Translation: TWO 2 CENTAVOS) |
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Peru experimented with holed coinage in 1947 as part of a broader postwar review of circulating denominations, but the perforated 2 centavos never entered production. The practical motivation was material economy — a punched-out center reduces copper content per coin — but the design was ultimately rejected in favor of the solid format already in use.
Pattern survivors are rare by definition, existing only as mint trials without a production run behind them.