Peru 1968 50 soles Fr-77

Heritage sale 3002, lot 21992

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21992 in Heritage sale 3002 (Long Beach, September 2008), where it sold for $1,150. The catalog description noted, "Republic gold 50 Soles 1968 Inca, MS62 PCGS, a prooflike example with faint hairlines. Very scarce date with a mintage of 300." This type, struck to the standard of a United States $20 gold piece, was struck 1930-31 and 1967-69. A later type struck 1950-70 weighed only 23.40 grams.

Recorded mintage: 300.

Specification: 33.43 g, 0.900 fine gold, .967 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-77, KM 219.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• 1967 50 soles, seated liberty
• 1967 50 soles Inca
• 1968 sol
• 1968 10 soles
• 1968-BBB 1/5 libra
• 1968-BBR libra
• 1968 100 soles
• Coins and currency dated 1968
• return to coins of Peru