Peru 1892-TF sol
This specimen was lot 24625 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Sol, 1892-TF. NGC MS-65. Type XI. Single finest certified at NGC. Sharply struck, frosty and brilliant with exceptional eye appeal. From the Alex Siegel 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 1892 there is an overdate, 1892/82, and an overassayer, TF/BF.
Recorded mintage: 2,270,000 (including the 1892/82 overdate and TF/BF overassayer).
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .7234 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 196.24.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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