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This specimen was lot 72872 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $85. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "PERU. 1/5 Libra, 1920. NGC MS-63." The gold libra superseded the silver sol as Peru's main unit of currency in 1898. The [[Peru 1920 libra|libra]] weighed the same as a British sovereign and equalled ten soles. The type was struck 1906-69, along with 1/2 libras and one libras. | This specimen was lot 72872 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $85. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "PERU. 1/5 Libra, 1920. NGC MS-63." The gold libra superseded the silver sol as Peru's main unit of currency in 1898. The [[Peru 1920 libra|libra]] weighed the same as a British sovereign and equalled ten soles. The type was struck 1906-69, along with 1/2 libras and one libras. | ||
| − | ''Specifications:'' 1.60 g, .917 fine gold, | + | ''Specifications:'' 1.60 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.047 troy oz AGW. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 72,000, a common date. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 72,000, a common date. | ||
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| + | * [[Peru 1918 1/5 libra|1918 1/5 libra]] | ||
* [[Peru 1920 centavo|1920 centavo]] | * [[Peru 1920 centavo|1920 centavo]] | ||
* [[Peru 1920 2 centavos|1920 2 centavos]] | * [[Peru 1920 2 centavos|1920 2 centavos]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 5 August 2025
This specimen was lot 72872 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 1/5 Libra, 1920. NGC MS-63." The gold libra superseded the silver sol as Peru's main unit of currency in 1898. The libra weighed the same as a British sovereign and equalled ten soles. The type was struck 1906-69, along with 1/2 libras and one libras.
Specifications: 1.60 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.047 troy oz AGW.
Recorded mintage: 72,000, a common date.
Catalog reference: KM-210.
- [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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