Peru 1890-TF sol

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23101

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 23101 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $129.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. Sol, 1890-TF. NGC MS-62. Type XI." The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1885-87 at the Lima mint for Peru. There are many varieties and subtypes of this basic design and later issues were emitted 1888-97 and 1914-16. This date is common altho an 1890/80 overdate obtains a premium.

Recorded mintage: 2,304,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 0.7234 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-196.24.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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