PERU 

KM 247

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1/2 sol 22.5 4.2   Reeded Brass Coin
Obverse Reverse

 Inscriptions along the rim: title of bank in Spanish, state coat of arms in the center, below the year of minting.

The sol, later known as the sol de oro,
was the currency of Peru between 1863 and 1985.

 Image of vicuna in the center, on the right - denomination.

The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is one of 2 wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpineous areas of the Andes.