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Interesting Peruvian 1910 5 Soles Gold Coin

earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
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This interesting 5 soles gold coin of mine seems to be a commemerative issue.
Does anyone have any information about it?
Thanks
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    It's catalogued in Krause as a Token - Tn2, but no information on why it was minted.
    2001 Catalog values $60/F $80/VF $110/EF $150/UNC
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    It's listed in Friedberg too, #76, $125 - $200.
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Like this one!

    Nice coin you have there, Earl!

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  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    Thanks all.
    This coin has always had me curious as to what and why they minted it.
    As far as I can gather, it is a coin that was minted to raise money for the government for some purpose at that period in time.
    Thus they had the patriotic on the obverse. The phrase "POPULAR PATRIOTICO OBOLO" seems to mean something like "popular patriotic token".
    Does anyone know what "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" means on the reverse?
    When I looked for some history on Peru from this period, I didn't find much.
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  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>Definition of: in hoc signo vinces
    in hoc signo vinces: In this sign thou shalt conquer. (The motto is said to have been adopted by Constantine after his vision of a cross in the heavens just before his decisive battle with Maxentius, A.D. 312.) >>

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  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    Thank you very much, very interesting.
    There doesn't seem to be a lot written about what was going on in Peru during 1910.
    But I am sure I'll find something.

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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    Peru in 1910 was still suffering from economic and political turmoil stemming from its loss in the War of the Pacific from 1879-1884. The nation was under a succession of dictatorships until about 1910, and that year was probably one of intense political and economic instability, though I don't have the details.
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