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[[Image:Peru 1959 20 soles rev Goldberg 65-4544.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles]]
 
[[Image:Peru 1959 20 soles rev Goldberg 65-4544.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles]]
  
This specimen was lot 4544 in Goldberg sale 65 (Los Angeles, September 2011), where it sold for $575. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Peru. 20 Soles, 1959. Liberty seated. Scarce this nice. NGC graded MS-67."  This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, fifty and [[Peru 1962 100 soles|hundred soles]].
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This specimen was lot 4544 in Goldberg sale 65 (Los Angeles, September 2011), where it sold for $575. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Peru. 20 Soles, 1959. Liberty seated. Scarce this nice. NGC graded MS-67."  This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, [[Peru 1959 50 soles|fifty]] and [[Peru 1959 100 soles|hundred soles]].
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 12,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 12,000.
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* [[Peru 1954 20 soles|1954 20 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1954 20 soles|1954 20 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 centavo|1959 centavo]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 centavo|1959 centavo]]
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* [[Peru 1959 5 centavos|1959 5 centavos]]
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* [[Peru 1959 10 centavos|1959 10 centavos]]
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* [[Peru 1959 20 centavos|1959 20 centavos]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 1/2 sol|1959 ½ sol]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 1/2 sol|1959 ½ sol]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 sol|1959 sol]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 sol|1959 sol]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 50 soles|1959 50 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 50 soles|1959 50 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 100 soles|1959 100 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1959 100 soles|1959 100 soles]]
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* [[Peru 1959-ZBR libra|1959 libra]]
 
* [[Peru 1960 20 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1960 20 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1962 100 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1962 100 soles]]

Revision as of 15:59, 12 September 2023

Goldberg sale 65, lot 4544
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 4544 in Goldberg sale 65 (Los Angeles, September 2011), where it sold for $575. The catalog description[1] noted, "Peru. 20 Soles, 1959. Liberty seated. Scarce this nice. NGC graded MS-67." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, fifty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 12,000.

Specification: 9.36 g, .900 fine gold, .271 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-229.

Source:

  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg sale 65: The Pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins," Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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