_Mintage 16,500_
1946: _Proof:_
PR60: $290_
PR61: $355_
PR62: $465_
PR63: $650_
PR64: $800_
PR65: $1,450_
PR66: $1,500_
PR67: $2,650_
PR68: $10,000_
PR69: $23,000_
The Anthem to the Flag written by the poet Olavo Bilac (1865-1918) and composed by the conductor Francisco Braga (1868-1945). This composition was requested by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Pereira Passos (1836-1913), being presented for the first time in Rio de Janeiro in November 1906.
On July 26, 1533, the last ruler of the Inca empire, Atahualpa, was executed by the Spanish with a garrote (device used to strangle prisoners). His death meant the end of the great Inca empire and the beginning of the Spanish conquest of that region of South America. Only a year before, Atahualpa ha
By:Archaeologist Wilo Vargas Morales In recent decades, the history of Peru has been enriched by the results of the efficient work of archaeological projects that constantly surprise us with their discoveries. Archaeologists interpret cultural material in order to explain the use and function of obj
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