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50 Soles Oro
| Issuer | Casa Nacional de Moneda, Lima |
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| Year | 1950-1970 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1950 - - 1,927 1951 - - 5,292 1952 - - 1,201 1953 - - 1,464 1954 - - 1,839 1955 - - 1,898 1956 - - 11,000 1957 - - 11,000 1958 - - 11,000 1959 - - 5,734 1960 - - 2,139 1961 - - 1,110 1962 - - 3,319 1963 - - 3,089 1964 - - 2,425 1965 - - 23,000 1966 - - 3,409 1967 - - 5,805 1968 - - 443 1969 - - 443 1970 - - 553 |
| Additional information |
Peru's 50 Soles Oro gold piece was struck continuously across two decades, but the series is not homogeneous. Output varied sharply by year, and certain dates within the 1950s were minted in quantities low enough that they command significant premiums over melt — a fact obscured by the long date range listed in most references. The coin was legal tender throughout, though in practice pieces circulated little; gold's purchasing power relative to the nominal face value made hoarding the rational choice almost immediately upon issue.
The 1969 and 1970 dates arrived just as Peru's Revolutionary Government under General Velasco Alvarado was nationalizing major industries. Gold coin production continued briefly into this period before the political climate effectively ended the series.