Peru 1964 10 soles

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 1859

This specimen was lot 1859 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $329. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU: AV 10 soles, 1964. Mintage of only 1,554 pieces, reflective prooflike, only one piece graded higher by NGC, NGC graded MS66, S." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, twenty, fifty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 1,554.

Specification: 4.61 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.132 troy oz.

Catalog reference: KM-236.

Source:

• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
• 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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• 1963 10 soles
• 1964 5 centavos
• 1964 20 centavos
• 1964 ½ sol
• 1964 sol
• Peru 1964 1/5 Libra
• Peru 1964-ZBR libra
• 1964 50 soles
• 1964 100 soles
• 1965 10 soles
• Coins and currency dated 1964
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