Peru 1956 10 soles

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33597

This specimen was lot 33597 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 10 Soles 1956 MS65 PCGS, Lima mint. Fully struck, with sparkling surfaces and details." This denomination, struck 1956-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, twenty, fifty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 5,410.

Specification: 4.61 g, 0.900 fine gold, .132 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-81; KM-236.

Source:

• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
• 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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