Coins from Peru

Peru is a country in western South America occupying more than one million square kilometers. Known for harboring the heart of the Inca Empire, the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, he became a possession of the Spanish Empire under the name of Viceroyalty of Peru. Independent since 1821, Peru is currently a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Andean Community of Nations. Peru has very varied landscapes of high mountain, sand desert, equatorial forest and highlands that allow it to rank in the top 17 countries with the highest biological diversity in the world. From a numismatic point of view, the first Peruvian coins appeared with the arrival of the Spaniards under the name of "real" before being demonetized in favor of "sol de oro" at the end of the 19th century. After a brief change of currency for the "inti" between the 80s and 90s, the "nuevo sol" became the official currency of Peru, renamed "sol" in 2016.
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• Real (1568-1858)
• Transitional Peso (1858-1863)
• Sol (1863-1985)
• Peseta (1880-1882)
• Inti (1985-1991)
• Nuevo sol (1991-2015) / Sol (2016-date)

Real (1568-1858)

¼ Real - Felipe II (crown)
ND (1568-1570)
Silver (.931) • 0.8458 g
MB# 1, N# 47909

¼ Real - Felipe II (castle)
1570-1577
Silver (.931) • 0.8458 g
MB# 2, N# 47910

¼ Real - Carlos IV (arms)
1792-1795
Silver (.896) • 0.8458 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
KM# 99, N# 43933

¼ Real - Carlos IV (castle)
1794-1808
Silver (.896) • 0.8458 g
KM# 102, N# 46265

¼ Real - Fernando VII
1809-1823
Silver (.896) • 0.7 g • ⌀ 10 mm
KM# 108, N# 32966

¼ Real (Provisional coinage)
1822
Copper • 1.5 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 135, N# 46631

¼ Real
1826-1856
Silver (.903) • 0.84 g • ⌀ 12 mm
KM# 143, N# 27992

½ Real - Felipe II (RI, with R)
ND (1568-1570)
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
MB# 3, N# 47911

½ Real - Felipe II (RI, with X)
ND (1570-1571)
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
MB# 4, N# 47912

½ Real - Felipe II (monogram)
1570-1577
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
KM# 5, N# 47913

½ Real - Felipe IV
1659
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
KM# 14, N# 47914

½ Real - Carlos II
1684-1701
Silver (.931) • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 22, N# 46266

½ Real - Felipe V
1701-1728
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
KM# 30, N# 46267

½ Real - Luis I
1725
Silver (.931) • 1.6917 g
KM# A39, N# 47915

½ Real - Felipe V
1729-1747
Silver (.917)
KM# 30a, N# 46268

½ Real - Fernando IV (Monogram)
1747-1751
Silver (.917) • 2 g
KM# 41, N# 46274

½ Real - Fernando VI (castle)
1750
Silver (.917) • 1.6917 g
KM# A41, N# 47917

½ Real - Fernando VI (arms)
1751-1760
Silver (.917) • 1.6917 g
KM# 51, N# 43926

½ Real - Carlos III (arms)
1760-1772
Silver (.917) • 1.6917 g
KM# 60, N# 28369

½ Real - Carlos III (portrait)
1772-1784
Silver (.903) • 1.6 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 74, N# 46278

½ Real - Carlos III (portrait)
1785-1789
Silver (.896) • 1.69 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 74a, N# 31931

½ Real - Carlos IV (Carlos III portrait)
1789-1791
Silver (.896) • 1.6917 g
KM# 83, N# 47918

½ Real - Carlos IV
1791-1808
Silver (.896) • 1.6917 g
KM# 93, N# 37533

½ Real - Fernando VII (first type)
1808-1811
Silver (.896) • 1.6917 g
KM# 103, N# 46279

½ Real - Fernando VII (second type)
1811-1821
Silver (.896) • 1.6917 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 113, N# 37529

½ Real
1826-1856
Silver (.903) • 1.6500 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 144, N# 22380

½ Real (North Peru)
1839
Silver (.903) • 1.69 g
KM# 163, N# 46282

50 Centimos (Pattern)
1855
Pattern
Silver • 12.5 g
KM# PnA11, N# 67254

1 Real - Felipe II
1568
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g
KM# 6, N# 47940

1 Real - Felipe II (Cross type)
ND (1570-1577)
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g
MB# 7, N# 47941

1 Real - Felipe IV
1659-1660
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g
KM# 15, N# 47942

1 Real - Carlos II
1684-1700
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 20, N# 47943

1 Real - Felipe V
1701-1728
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g
KM# 31, N# 47944

1 Real - Luis I
1725
Silver (.931) • 3.3834 g
KM# B39, N# 47946

1 Real - Felipe V
1729-1747
Silver (.917) • 3.25 g
KM# 31a, N# 47947

1 Real - Fernando VI
1747-1752
Silver (.917) • 3.3834 g
KM# 42, N# 47948

1 Real - Fernando VI (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1752-1760
Silver (.917) • 3.25 g
KM# 52, N# 46441

1 Real - Carlos III (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1760-1772
Silver (.917) • 3.3 g
KM# 61, N# 34685

1 Real - Carlos III (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1772-1789
Silver (.903) • 3.3834 g
KM# 75, N# 43927

1 Real - Carlos III
1785-1789
Silver (.896) • 3.3834 g
KM# 75a, N# 47949

1 Real - Carlos IV
1789-1791
Silver (.896) • 3.3834 g
KM# 84, N# 47939

1 Real - Carlos IV (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1791-1808
Silver (.903) • 3.3834 g
KM# 94, N# 27396

1 Real - Fernando VII (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1808-1811
Silver (.896) • 3.18 g
KM# 109, N# 46443

1 Real - Ferdinand VII (Colonial Milled Coinage)
1811-1824
Silver (.896) • 3.3834 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 114, N# 43892

⅛ Peso (Provisional Coinage)
1823
Copper • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 137, N# 21125

1 Real
1826-1856
Silver (.903) • 3.38 g
KM# 145, N# 43489

2 Reales - Felipe II
1568-1570
Silver (.931) • 6.7668 g
MB# 8, N# 47951

2 Reales - Felipe II
1570-1577
Silver (.931) • 6.7668 g
MB# 9, N# 47952

2 Reales - Felipe IV
1659-1660
Silver (.931) • 6.7668 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 16, N# 46592

2 Reales - Carlos II
1684-1701
Silver (.931) • 6.7668 g • ⌀ 25 mm
KM# 21, N# 47953