{"product_id":"peru-p140-10000-intis-1988-1989-unc-inner-security-thread","title":"Peru P140 10000 Intis 1988 (1989) UNC—Inner Security Thread—Peru's Poet of Rage","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeru's 10,000 Intis note captures one of Latin America's greatest literary voices — \u003cstrong\u003eCesar Vallejo\u003c\/strong\u003e — at the height of the country's catastrophic hyperinflation era. Issued in 1989 and demonetized just three years later, this note is a vivid artifact of economic collapse and cultural pride printed in the same breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aqua and blue on multicolor (light green and orange underprint)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cesar Vallejo at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArms:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coat of arms at center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Enrique+Cornejo+Ram%C3%ADrez+Peru\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnrique Cornejo Ramírez\u003c\/a\u003e (Director); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Vildosola\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuis F. Rodríguez Vildosola\u003c\/a\u003e (President); Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (General Manager)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScene:\u003c\/strong\u003e Street scene of Santiago de Chuco — Vallejo's birthplace in the Andean highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-140; TBB B480; Numista N#206024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cesar Vallejo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150 × 75 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Perú)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome (1928–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 April 1992\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Enrique+Cornejo+Ram%C3%ADrez+Peru\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnrique Cornejo Ramírez\u003c\/a\u003e (Director); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Vildosola\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuis F. Rodríguez Vildosola\u003c\/a\u003e (President); Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (General Manager)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inti (1985–1991)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Poet Who Raged Against Everything\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCésar Vallejo (\u003cstrong\u003e1892–1938\u003c\/strong\u003e) was born in \u003cstrong\u003eSantiago de Chuco\u003c\/strong\u003e, a small Andean town in La Libertad — the very street scene depicted on the reverse of this note. He grew up in a mestizo family with indigenous roots, the youngest of eleven children, and left for Lima to study literature. What followed was one of the most turbulent and brilliant literary careers in the Spanish-speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis debut collection \u003cem\u003eLos heraldos negros\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003e1919\u003c\/strong\u003e) announced a voice unlike anything before it — raw, anguished, and formally daring. His masterpiece \u003cem\u003eTrilce\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003e1922\u003c\/strong\u003e) shattered Spanish-language poetry conventions so completely that critics didn't know what to make of it for decades. He was jailed in \u003cstrong\u003e1920\u003c\/strong\u003e for alleged involvement in a political riot in Santiago de Chuco — an experience that radicalized him permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVallejo spent his later years in \u003cstrong\u003eParis\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMadrid\u003c\/strong\u003e, living in poverty, writing in solidarity with the Spanish Republic during the Civil War. He died in Paris in \u003cstrong\u003e1938\u003c\/strong\u003e, reportedly saying, \"I am going to Spain.\" His posthumous collection \u003cem\u003ePoemas humanos\u003c\/em\u003e cemented his place among the giants of 20th-century literature. Peru put him on its highest-denomination note — and then watched that denomination become worthless within three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Peru\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Likely derived from \u003cem\u003eBirú\u003c\/em\u003e, the name of a local ruler encountered by Spanish explorers near the Gulf of San Miguel — the name spread to refer to the entire region south of the equator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lima (city pop. ~11 million; metro pop. ~12 million)\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003eLimaq\u003c\/em\u003e, the Quechua name of the Rímac River, meaning \"talker\" or \"speaker\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~34 million (UN 2024) — slightly larger than Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,285,216 km² (496,225 mi²) — comparable to Alaska; slightly smaller than South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$16,000 (2024 est.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copper, gold, zinc, lead, silver, fishmeal, asparagus, coffee, textiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile; Pacific Ocean to the west\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mestizo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMestizo\u003c\/a\u003e (~60%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_of_Peru\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerindian\u003c\/a\u003e (~26%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Peruvians\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhite Peruvian\u003c\/a\u003e (~6%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afro-Peruvian\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfro-Peruvian\u003c\/a\u003e (~4%), other (~4%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e UN (founding member, 1945); OAS (founding member, 1948); APEC (1998); Pacific Alliance (founding member, 2011); WTO (1995)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independence from Spain declared 28 July 1821; recognized 1824 after Battle of Ayacucho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePeru Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHyperinflation nightmare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Between 1988 and 1990, Peru's annual inflation hit \u003cstrong\u003e7,649%\u003c\/strong\u003e — this very note, worth 10,000 Intis when issued, was replaced by the Sol at a rate of 1,000,000 Intis to 1 Sol.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMachu Picchu:\u003c\/strong\u003e Built by the Inca in the 15th century and \"rediscovered\" by Hiram Bingham in 1911 — though local farmers had never forgotten it was there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShining Path:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Maoist guerrilla group \u003cem\u003eSendero Luminoso\u003c\/em\u003e was at its most violent during the exact years this note circulated, killing tens of thousands of Peruvians through the late 1980s and early 1990s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiodiversity capital:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peru contains 84 of the world's 117 life zones and is one of the 17 megadiverse countries on Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePotato origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e The potato was domesticated in the Peruvian Andes roughly 8,000 years ago — Peru has over 3,000 native varieties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this note and hold a piece of Peru's most turbulent economic chapter — signed, printed in Rome, and graced by the face of the poet who turned suffering into immortal verse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638937612599,"sku":"PE140U","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/140o_8d90713c-89b6-476c-8ede-486f5e5a9cc2.jpg?v=1783597754","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/peru-p140-10000-intis-1988-1989-unc-inner-security-thread","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}