Evidence coverage: 1901–1930. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Banco de Reserva balance and circulation liabilities were recorded in libras peruanas before1930conversion.
Sources and qualifications →The Peruvian pound became the statutory principal unit in1901; British coin acceptance was a payment provision, not sterling ancestry.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Banco de Reserva balance and circulation liabilities were recorded in libras peruanas before1930conversion.
C1453The Peruvian pound became the statutory principal unit in1901; British coin acceptance was a payment provision, not sterling ancestry.
C1519Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Banco de Reserva balance and circulation liabilities were recorded in libras peruanas before1930conversion.
Printed6, circulation figures
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full relevant paragraph inspected through extended indexed extraction.
The Peruvian pound became the statutory principal unit in 1901; British coin acceptance was a payment provision, not sterling ancestry.
Article1; transitory article2
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full law translation and accompanying diplomatic letter inspected on the official US State Department history site.
The 1901 law made the Peruvian pound the principal unit and required pre-existing silver-sol obligations, after a two-year transition, to be settled at one pound per ten soles.
Article1, article3, transitory article3
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full law translation and accompanying diplomatic letter inspected on the official US State Department history site.
Law6746of11February1930created sol de oro and ordered existing libra peruana obligations discharged at10soles oro per libra.
Printed6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full relevant paragraph inspected through extended indexed extraction.
Law6746converted existing libra obligations to soles oro.
Printed6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full relevant paragraph inspected through extended indexed extraction.