Afternoon everyone ….
You have now seen a barrage of items from my latest box of tricks. From graded coins, to vintage rounds an even a beautiful bar yesterday.
Well today….
I am featuring a vintage world coin for all of you. I acquired this and several other vintage world coins in a trade with a friend a few years back.
He needed a Peace dollar that I had to complete his set of graded Peace dollars and asked if I’d be willing to trade. At that time I was really in search of nice specimens of old silver world coins.
So he picked several that he was willing to part with and we met up over lunch for an exchange.
This 1888 Lima, Peru Un Sol is one of the coins that was part of the trade. The coin is in very nice shape, I’d put it at very high AU minimum. It might even be a low mint state possibly an MS62 or 63.
I’m considering getting this coin graded. I have a pile building of things I’d like to get graded. This might be one of them.
Enough already, show us the coin….
Here is some more information on the coin:
Per Numista
IssuerPeru
PeriodRepublic (1822-date)
TypeStandard circulation coin
Years1864-1916
Value1 Sol (1 PEH)
CurrencySol (1863-1985)
CompositionSilver (.900) (Copper .100)
Weight25 g
Diameter37 mm
Thickness2 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
DemonetizedYes
NumberN# 9096
ReferencesKM# 196
Obverse
Coat of arms above date
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLICA PERUANA LIMA 9 DECIMOS FINO F. G.
1888
Translation: Peruvian Republic
Reverse
Seated female figure, value below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION
LIBER
TAD
UN SOL
Translation:
Firm and Happy for the Union
Liberty
One Sol
Edge
Reeded
1 Sol - obverse
Mint:
LIMALima, Peru
