Peruvian Banknotes

Peru changed its currency twice in eight years. The gold sol gave way to the inti in 1985, and the inti to the nuevo sol in 1991, following hyperinflation that led to the printing of five-million-inti banknotes.

The inti era

This is the most educational part of Peruvian notaphily: in six years, the currency went from 10-inti notes to 5,000,000-inti notes. The high-denomination specimens remain very cheap because they were printed in enormous quantities, and they show at a glance what that decade was like.

The aviators

José Abelardo Quiñones, a hero of Peruvian aviation, appears on the 10-sol banknote next to a biplane seaplane. It is one of the most recognizable images on the country's paper money.

What you will find here

Soles and intis with Pick references and actual condition. They pair well with Bolivia and Colombia to assemble the Andean region.

Shipping

Protected and tracked from Spain.

Discover more banknotes from the region in Banknotes of America.