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The Nuevo Sol

Is the currency of Peru. Coins denominated in the new unit were introduced on October 1, 1991 and the first banknotes on November 13, 1991.

PERUVIAN NUEVO SOL

Jorge Basadre Grohmann

Banknotes

In 1990, banknotes for 10, 20, 50 and 100 Nuevos Soles were introduced. The banknote for 200 Nuevos Soles was subsequently introduced in August 1995. All notes are of the same size (140 x 65 mm) and contain the portrait of a well-known historic Peruvian on the obverse.

Basadre became director of the Central Library at San Marcos University, which he reorganized between 1936 and 1942. After a fire in the Peruvian National Library on May 9, 1943, Basadre was named its director and put in charge of its reconstruction. His work here included rebuilding the book collection and organizing the publishing of the Library magazine, Fénix. For a short period in 1945 he was named Minister of Education by president José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. He was elected to the presidency of the Instituto Histórico del Perú for the period 1956-1962. Peruvian president Manuel Prado Ugarteche named him Minister of Education a second time in 1956, a post he held until his resignation in 1958.

100 Nuevos Soles Banknote

In the S/.100,00 banknote; is Mr. Jorge Basadre Grohmann, a famous historian, he born in Tacna, 1903; for that reason besides him appears the Civic Center of Tacna.

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