The Sun was the currency of Peru between 1863 and 1985 and was the symbol S/. The currency was also informally called as sun silver between 1863 and 1897, and formally as golden sun between 1931 and 1985.
At first, all the Latin American republics had Spanish
as their national currency to weight being adopted by Peru in 1825, but with
the national emblem. The Bolivian dollar was a currency that was theoretically
equal to the Peruvian weight, but in practice it was feeble, had lower silver
content and so, in southern Peru, Bolivia moved to the Peruvian currency. To
avoid this, create a different currency to the Bolivian peso or dollar was
decided in 1863.
The monetary unit is called Sol, was 37 mm in
diameter, 25 grams and adopted the metric system . The law also established the
mean sun, the fifth sun , the tenth sun or money and the average money value of
5 cents.
Gold coins were also made, popularly called Sol de
Oro, with the value of 5 , 10 and 20 soles .
Since 1991 the new sun is the currency of legal tender
in Perú.
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