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* [[Peru 1903-JF 1/5 sol|1903 1/5 sol]] | * [[Peru 1903-JF 1/5 sol|1903 1/5 sol]] | ||
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* [[Australia 1910-S sovereign]] | * [[Australia 1910-S sovereign]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1903]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1903]] | ||
* return to coinage of [[Peru]] | * return to coinage of [[Peru]] | ||
[[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category: Selections from Goldberg sale 72]] | [[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category: Selections from Goldberg sale 72]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:29, 5 August 2025
This specimen was lot 5120 in Goldberg sale 72 (Los Angeles, February 2013), where it sold for $425.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Peru. Libra, 1903 ROZF. Indian head. Extremely Fine. The Victor Jaramillo Collection." The gold libra superseded the silver sol as Peru's main unit of currency in 1898.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 until 1930 and again 1959-69, along with 1/5 libras and 1/2 libras.
Recorded mintage: 100,000.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-73, KM 207.
- [1]Ira and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg sale 72: The Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles, CA: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.
- 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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