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[[Image:PER_1916_fifthsol-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:PER_1916_fifthsol-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
[[Image:PER_1916_fifthsol-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:PER_1916_fifthsol-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Peru 1916 quinto sol obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|another specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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This ''quinto'' was struck 1888-1917 in Lima, [[Peru]]. Most dates are readily available but 1914, 1915 and 1917 are scarce. There are no known overdates for this year. The type was replaced by a copper-nickel twenty centavos in 1918. An earlier type, with a slightly different figure of seated Liberty, was struck 1863-75 (KM 191). | This ''quinto'' was struck 1888-1917 in Lima, [[Peru]]. Most dates are readily available but 1914, 1915 and 1917 are scarce. There are no known overdates for this year. The type was replaced by a copper-nickel twenty centavos in 1918. An earlier type, with a slightly different figure of seated Liberty, was struck 1863-75 (KM 191). | ||
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* return to [[Peru]] | * return to [[Peru]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 6 September 2023
This quinto was struck 1888-1917 in Lima, Peru. Most dates are readily available but 1914, 1915 and 1917 are scarce. There are no known overdates for this year. The type was replaced by a copper-nickel twenty centavos in 1918. An earlier type, with a slightly different figure of seated Liberty, was struck 1863-75 (KM 191).
Recorded mintage: 425,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 0.1447 ASW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 205.2.
- Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 34th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006.
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