500 Intis 26.6.1987 (Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui Tupac Amaru II; alpinist; snow-capped mountains) UNC
Tupac Amaru II (1738-1781) was the leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spaniards in colonial Peru. Although unsuccessful, he later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement and an inspiration to a myriad of causes in Peru, as diverse as the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces (1968-1980), the Shining Path (also known as the Communist Party of Peru) and the MRTA.
Catalogue Number: P-134b
Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) |
