Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Peru P-136

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-136b
Value: 1,000 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 28 June 1988
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., London

Andres Avelino Caceres Dorregaray (1836-1923), three times President of Peru and considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), where he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army. 

Ruins of Chan Chan, located near Trujillo, the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America. 

Watermark: Andres Avelino Caceres Dorregaray

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