Peru 1956 100 soles

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 1355

The type was struck in Lima 1950-70 in limited numbers as a bullion coin. This date is not common; some dates are rare (<200 pieces). Gold five, ten, twenty and fifty soles were struck during the same period. This specimen was lot 1355 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 100 Soles, 1956. PCGS MS-62+ Secure Holder. From a mintage of only 1,159 pieces."

Recorded mintage: 1,159.

Specification: 46.8071 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.3544 oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-78; KM-231.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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