Peru 1954 50 soles

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23105

This specimen was lot 23105 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1954. NGC MS-63 PL. Mintage of only 1,839 pieces. Sharply struck, proof-like and very attractive." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, twenty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 1,839.

Specification: 23.405 g, 0.900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-230; Fr-79.

Source:

• ^[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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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