Peru 1964 50 soles

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 41146

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41146 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1964-LIMA. Lima Mint. NGC MS-66. A lofty specimen that is tied with just two others, this Superb Gem resounds fully with lustrous brilliance and golden-yellow hues." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, twenty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 2,425.

Specification: 23.405 g, 0.900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-79; KM-230.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
• 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.

Link to:

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• 1964 1/5 libra
• 1964 libra
• 1964 10 soles
• 1964 100 soles
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• 1965 50 soles anniversary of the mint
• Coins and currency dated 1964
• return to coins of Peru