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4 Escudos
| Issuer | Peru |
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| Year | 1828-1855 |
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| Currency | Real (1568-1858) |
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| Obverse description | The Peruvian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield with a vicuña in the upper left, a cinchona tree in the upper right, and a cornucopia in the lower section, flanked on each side by a pair of crossed flags tied with a ribbon at the base. A laurel and palm wreath surmounts the shield. The circular legend reads REPUB · PERUANA · LIMA · around the upper periphery, with the denomination 4E, fineness 21Q.s, assayer initials, and date positioned along the right and lower fields. The coin is struck with a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUB · PERUANA · LIMA · 4E · 21Q.s M · B · 1855 · (Translation: Peruvian Republic) |
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Peru's gold coinage of this period was produced at the Lima mint under conditions of chronic political instability — the country cycled through dozens of governments between independence in 1821 and the mid-1850s, and mint administration changed hands accordingly. The 4 Escudos denomination itself was a holdover from the colonial monetary system, retained largely because the existing dies, weights, and trade relationships demanded continuity rather than rupture.
The series was rendered obsolete by Peru's 1863 monetary reform, which replaced the escudo system entirely with the decimal peso.