5 Nuevos Soles 1st type

Features

Issuer	Peru
Issuing bank	Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Perú)
Period	Republic (1822-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1994-2009
Value	5 Soles 5 PEN = USD 1.44
Currency	Nuevo sol (1991-2015) / Sol (2016-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: brass centre in steel ring
Weight	6.67 g
Diameter	24.27 mm
Thickness	2.09 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 4092
References	KM# 316 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 109 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Coat of arms of Peru: Cornucopia with gold coins, a vicuña and a cinchona representing the mineral, animal and plant kingdoms. Issuer name around, issuing date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU
2009

Translation:
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
2009

Reverse

Nazca Lines "Condor", face value in number and letters, with big numeral "5" to right and mintmark within.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
LIMA
NUEVOS
SOLES

Translation: 5 Nuevos Soles

Edge

Type I: Smooth
Type II: Reeded (2009 only)
some 1995 might have reeding as well

Comments

Obverse:
Type 1 - large script. Letter T in CENTRAL very close to N and R. (1994 to 2000)
Type 2 - smaller script. Letter T in CENTRAL far from N and R. (2001 to 2009)
Note. Types 1 and 2 describe the two main groups; specific year may have individual features. For example in 2008, the script is thicker and letter B in BANCO is lower.

Reverse:
Type A - script thinner. Letter V in NUEVOS is aligned. (1994 to 2001)
Type B - script thicker. Letter V in NUEVOS is smaller. (2002 to 2009)

Edge:

Type I - Plain (1995 to 2008)

Type II - Reeded (1995 and 2009)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1994 LIMA	10 920 000		$ 1.30	$ 1.30	$ 1.70	$ 1.70			Type: I, 1, A	22%
1995 LIMA	29 064 000	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	Type: I, 1, A (Type II detected)	47%
2000 LIMA	5 000 000				$ 1.40	$ 1.40			Type: I, 1, A	9%
2001 LIMA	5 000 000		$ 0.82	$ 1.20					Type: I, 2, A	9%
2002 LIMA	2 000 000								Type: I, 2, B	5%
2004 LIMA									Type: I, 2, B	0.4%
2005 LIMA	6 000 000			$ 0.87	$ 1.60	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	Type: I, 2, B	11%
2006 LIMA	5 500 000		$ 1.20	$ 1.40	$ 1.50				Type: I, 2, B	9%
2007 LIMA	6 400 000			$ 1.30	$ 1.30			$ 5.30	Type: I, 2, B	9%
2008 LIMA	9 900 000			$ 1.30	$ 1.60	$ 1.60			Type: I, 2, B	13%
2009 LIMA	10 000 000				$ 1.00	$ 1.50	$ 2.40	$ 3.10	Type: II, 2, B	15%

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