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This specimen was lot 72863 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1951. NGC MS-64. Sharply struck, bright and flashy." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, [[Peru 1960 10 soles|ten]], [[Peru 1960 20 soles|twenty]] and [[Peru 1960 100 soles|hundred soles]].
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This specimen was lot 72863 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1951. NGC MS-64. Sharply struck, bright and flashy." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, [[Peru 1960 10 soles|ten]], [[Peru 1951 20 soles|twenty]] and [[Peru 1951 100 Soles|hundred soles]].
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 5,292.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 5,292.
  
''Specification:'' 23.405 g, .900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.  
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''Specification:'' 23.405 g, 0.900 fine gold, .677 troy oz AGW.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-79; KM 230.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-79; KM 230.  
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* [[Peru 1951 10 centavos|1951 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Peru 1951 10 centavos|1951 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Peru 1951 20 centavos|1951 20 centavos]]
 
* [[Peru 1951 20 centavos|1951 20 centavos]]
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* [[Peru 1951 sol|1951 sol]]
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* [[Peru 1951 20 soles|1951 20 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1951 100 Soles|1951 100 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1951 100 Soles|1951 100 soles]]
 
* [[Peru 1961-ZBR libra|1961 libra]]
 
* [[Peru 1961-ZBR libra|1961 libra]]

Latest revision as of 18:15, 20 October 2023

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72863
Peru SB517-72863r.jpg

This specimen was lot 72863 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 50 Soles, 1951. NGC MS-64. Sharply struck, bright and flashy." This denomination, struck 1950-69, was theoretically a circulating coin but actually was a bullion piece like her sisters, the gold five, ten, twenty and hundred soles.

Recorded mintage: 5,292.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-79; KM 230.

Source:

  • [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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