Peru 1970 100 soles
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This specimen was lot 30359 in Heritage sale 3040 (Chicago, April 2015), where it sold for $4,465. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 100 Soles 1970 MS65 NGC, Lima mint. A low-mintage date with glassy fields and raised devices that rise in bold relief." The type was struck in Lima 1950-70 in limited numbers as a bullion coin. This date is scarce; some dates are rare (<200 pieces). Gold five, ten, twenty and fifty soles were struck during the same period.
Recorded mintage: 425.
Specification: 46.80 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.354 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-78; KM 231.
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage Signature Auction 3040, featuring the Santa Maria, the Alan Dean and the Valley View Life Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
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