Peru 1891-TF sol

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1888-92 at the Lima mint for Peru. There are many varieties and subtypes of this basic design and later issues were emitted 1893-97 and 1914-16. This date is common. Assayer TF is recorded for 1886-96. For 1891 there is an overdate, 1891/81, and an overassayer, TF/BF.

Recorded mintage: 2,981,000 (all varieties).

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .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.

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• 1890 sol
• 1891 ½ dinero
• 1891 1/5 sol
• 1892 sol
• Coins and currency dated 1891
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