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[[Image:Peru 1864 sol obv DC.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1864-76 at the Lima mint. There are many varieties and subtypes of this basic design and later issues were emitted 1879-97 and 1914-16. The mintage of this date is not recorded but later issues were in the millions. All varieties listed in the SCWC note the overdate 1864/54, but variations exist in the assayer's initial ("Y.B." v.s "YB") and the presence or absence of the engraver's initials "R-B" in the stems of the wreath.
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The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1864-76 at the Lima mint. There are many varieties and subtypes of this basic design and later issues were emitted 1879-97 and 1914-16. The mintage of this date is not recorded but later issues were in the millions. All varieties listed in the SCWC note the overdate 1864/54, but variations exist in the assayer's initial ("Y.B." vs. "YB") and the presence or absence of the engraver's initials "R-B" in the stems of the wreath.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown; common.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown; common.
  
''Specification:'' 25 g, .900 fine silver, .7234 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .7234 troy oz ASW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 196.1.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 196.1.
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* [[Peru 1863-YB 1/2 dinero|1863 ½ dinero]]
 
* [[Peru 1863-YB 1/2 dinero|1863 ½ dinero]]
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* [[Peru 1864 centavo|1864 centavo]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB 1/2 dinero|1864 ½ dinero]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB 1/2 dinero|1864 ½ dinero]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB dinero|1864 dinero]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB dinero|1864 dinero]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB 1/5 sol|1864 1/5 sol]]
 
* [[Peru 1864-YB 1/5 sol|1864 1/5 sol]]
* [[Peru 1873-YJ sol|1873 sol]]
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* [[Peru 1864-YB 1/2 sol|1864 ½ sol]]
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* [[Peru 1865/55-YB sol|1865 sol]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1864]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1864]]
* return to [[Peru]]
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* return to coinage of [[Peru]]
  
 
[[Category:Silver pesos of Latin America]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Category:Silver pesos of Latin America]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Latest revision as of 18:20, 20 October 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Peru 1864 sol rev DSLR.jpg

The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1864-76 at the Lima mint. There are many varieties and subtypes of this basic design and later issues were emitted 1879-97 and 1914-16. The mintage of this date is not recorded but later issues were in the millions. All varieties listed in the SCWC note the overdate 1864/54, but variations exist in the assayer's initial ("Y.B." vs. "YB") and the presence or absence of the engraver's initials "R-B" in the stems of the wreath.

Recorded mintage: unknown; common.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .7234 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 196.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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