Peru 1967 50 soles Fr-79

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 41148

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41148 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1967-LIMA. Lima Mint. NGC MS-67. Tied for the finest example yet seen by NGC, this appealing Superb Gem yields a bright and most pleasing luster that is unblighted by excess handling, marking, or really any faults of consequence." 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: 5,805.

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.

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