Peru 1976 sol Fr-95
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This specimen was lot 72871 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Sol, 1976. NGC MS-67. 150th anniversary of the battle of Aya[c]ucho commemorative. Sharply struck with glistening mint luster." This commemorative, issued on the 152nd anniversary of the battle, was accompanied by a gold half sol (Fr-96). It was struck to the standard of the gold fifty soles of 1950-70.
Specifications: 23.4 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.672 troy oz.
Recorded mintage: 10,000.
Catalog reference: Fr-95, KM-269.
- [1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- 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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