Peru 1966 10 soles

Stack's Bowers November 2015 sale, lot 39544

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This specimen was lot 39544 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 10 Soles, 1966. NGC MS-67. KEY DATE. Tied with one other piece for finest graded at PCGS and NGC. Bright shimmering untoned luster." 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: 2,601.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-81; KM-236.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.
• 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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