Peru 1957 5 soles

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23106

This specimen was lot 23106 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $223.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 5 Soles, 1957. PCGS MS-66 Secure Holder. Mintage of only 2,146 pieces. From the Blue Moon Collection." This denomination, struck 1956-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold ten, twenty, fifty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 2,146.

Specification: 2.34 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0,075 troy oz.

Catalog reference: KM-235; Fr-82.

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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