Peru 1979 50000 soles Fr-101

Goldberg sale 75, lot 3783

This type, issued 1979 from Lima, is part of a series of gold commemoratives honoring Peruvian heroes. This specimen was lot 3783 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $661. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Peru. 50000 Soles, 1979. F. Garcia Calderon. PCGS graded MS-67."

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 16.86 g, 0.917 fine gold, .497 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-101; KM 279.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.
• 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.

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