Peru 1970 50 soles

Heritage sale 3082, lot 34628

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34628 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Peru: Republic gold 50 Soles 1970 MS66 NGC, Lima mint." 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: 553.

Specification: 23.405 g, 0.900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-79; KM 230.

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.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

Link to:

• 1969 50 soles
• 1970 ½ sol
• 1970 sol
• 1970 100 soles
• 1971 50 soles, Tupac Amaru
• 1976 gold sol, Battle of Ayacucho
• Coins and currency dated 1970