Peruvian Money Guide

Coming to a foreign country is always an exciting experience. Visiting Peru is no exception. So many new impressions might overwhelm you easily and you could get distracted when it comes to a boring, but important, issue like money. Most probably you don't know how the Peruvian currency (Sol) looks like, before actual being in Peru. Therefore, we highly recommend reading our information about the money you will use during your visit and how "money-issues" are handled in Peru.

Take your time to read through our selection of categories and pages. We tried to give you good general information about the Peruvian currency, familiarize you to the notes and coins including all important security features, tell you how to behave when handling money and make you aware of what to keep in mind when paying or changing money. We will give you some examples of common tricks and explain how people try to rip you off. More useful basic information about changing money, exchange offices, credit cards, money transfers and banks can be found under the correlating topics.

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1902 - A Half Libra Coin Lima Mint
1913 - A Fifth Libra Coin Lima Mint

1930 - 50 Soles Coin Lima Mint

Old Peruvian Coins
1930 - 50 Soles Coin Lima Mint

1934 - 1 Sol Coin Lima Mint

Old Peruvian Coins
1934 - 1 Sol Coin Lima Mint

1937 - 1 Centavo Coin Lima Mint

Old Peruvian Coins
1937 - 1 Centavo Coin Lima Mint

Mibanco Grupo ACP

Banks, Banking & Financial Institutions
Mibanco Grupo ACP is a Peruvian bank operating in the country since 1998. It was founded by various international and national financial institutions focusing mainly on micro businesses and small c...

Banco Azteca

Banks, Banking & Financial Institutions
Banco Azteca operates in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and Brazil and is already among the largest banks in Mexico in terms of coverage. The bank started its operations in Peru 2008 wit...

Banco BanBif

Banks, Banking & Financial Institutions
Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif) is Peru's fifth largest commercial bank and initiated its operation in the country 1990.

Banco GNB (former HSBC)

Banks, Banking & Financial Institutions
The Bank began as HSBC Bank Peru SA as part of a plan to expand HSBC's presence in the region. Following a review of its overall strategy, in May 2012, HSBC announced the sale of its subsidiaries i...

Banco Financiero

Banks, Banking & Financial Institutions
The history of the bank in Peru began in 1964 as finance and construction promoter. In 1986 the bank became the today's Banco Financiero. The main shareholder in the Peruvian operation is the Banco...
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