The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) has put the new S/200 bill into circulation. Tilsa Tsuchiya is the face that appears on the obverse and completes the family of Peruvian banknotes with a modern look. This monetary cash will circulate simultaneously with the already well-known design of Santa Rosa de Lima.
The art of new S/200 bill It was created by De La Rue International Limited, a prestigious company from England that was victorious in the call of the Central Reserve Bank. This contest had the participation of the most important banknote printers in the world.
Abraham de la Melena on the new S/200 bill: “In a while the previous design will be withdrawn from circulation”
In conversation with La República, Abraham de la Melena, a BCRP official, spoke about the new S/200 bill which was put into circulation today, Friday, December 15. “Within a while the previous design will be withdrawn from circulation and there will come a time when we will practically only see the new family in circulation,” he said.
About the banknote with the design of Tilsa TsuchiyaAbraham de la Melena stressed that it has the same security elements as the family of modern banknotes. “They are made of 100% cotton, which gives them a characteristic resistance and special texture. We also have a watermark, a security thread with moving images and an ink that changes color from gold to green,” he said.
What is the new family of banknotes?
- S/10: Chabuca Granda, the vicuña and the Flor de Amancaes (issued in July 2021)
- S/20: José María Arguedas, the condor and the Flor de la Cantuta (broadcast in July
- 2022)
- S/50: María Rostworowski, the jaguar and Puya Raimondi (issued in July 2022)
- S/100: Pedro Paulet, the Spatula-tailed Hummingbird and the Phragmipedium orchid
- kovachii (aired July 2021)
- S/200: Tilsa Tsuchiya, the Cock of the Rocks and the Beautiful Flower Abanquina (broadcast in
- December 2023)
Who was Tilsa Tsuchiya, the new image of the S/200 bill?
Of Chinese and Japanese descent, his full name was Tilsa Tsuchiya Castillo. She worked as a painter and printmaker. Born in Supe, north of Lima, she began her studies at the National School of Fine Arts in Lima in 1947. In 1960 she left for France to follow the Engraving course at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the same time, she studied Art History at La Soborna.
The art of Tilsa Tsuchiya It became known during the painter’s exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1968. In 1970 she obtained the Tecnoquimica Prize. It was in 1975 that she returned to Peru. She had 2 children and she died on September 23, 1984 at 55 years of age.
What is shown on the back of the new S/200 bill?
On the reverse of modern S/200 bill You can see the Cock of the Rocks and the Flor Bella Abanquina, a purple species found in Peru.
Source: Larepublica
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