Peru 1960 20 soles

Heritage sale 3012, lot 28883

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This gold twenty soles was minted in Lima in 1960 as a bullion coin, similar to the larger hundred soles. It was lot 28883 and sold on Jan 11, 2011 for $417 at the 2011 January World & Ancient coins Non-Floor Session #3013 by Heritage Auctions. The catalog description reads: "Republic gold 20 Soles 1960, MS66 NGC, an almost perfect coin."

Recorded mintage: 7,753.

Specification: 9.36 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.2709 oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 229.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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