Peru 1969 50 soles Fr-79
This specimen was lot 30297 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $1,938.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 50 Soles 1969 MS65 Prooflike NGC, Lima mint. Gem Mint State with fully brilliant and reflective surfaces and dashing eye-appeal. A very scarce date with only 443 coins minted, very rare and most desirable in this select quality. Currently the only Prooflike certified example of the date by NGC, with a single MS66 coin technically graded higher, and certainly worth of a premium bid as such." This denomination, struck 1950-70, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, twenty and hundred soles.
Recorded mintage: 443.
Specification: 23.405 g, 0.900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-79; KM 230.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 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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