Peru 1950 100 soles

Eliasberg lot 3601

This specimen was lot 3601 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description^[1] noted, "From 1950 100 soles. MS-63 (NGC). Liberty seated to right, legends around/arms, legends and date around. Highly lustrous yellow gold with prooflike surfaces." The type was struck in Lima 1950-70 in limited numbers as a bullion coin. This date is not common; some dates are rare (<200 pieces). Gold five, ten, twenty and fifty soles were struck during the same period.

Recorded mintage: 1,176.

Specification: 46.80 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.354 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 46.89 grams, 36.80 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-78; KM 231.

Source:

• ^[1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• 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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• 1930 50 soles
• 1950 centavo
• 1950 2 centavos
• 1950 5 centavos
• 1950 10 centavos
• 1950 ½ sol
• 1950 50 soles
• 1951 100 soles
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• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
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