closed Peru Gold Una Libra Coins – Utterly Stunning! – BU Uncirculated! – Must See! – UK 🇬🇧

[DuncanWylieWilson]

🇵🇪 For sale here are two absolutely stunning Peruvian gold una libra coins! 🇵🇪

As an avid collector of world gold I personally love these! I have a cracking 1913 una libra in my own collection and would like to offer others the opportunity to pick one up for themselves!

Each of these stunning uncirculated Peru una libra coins is comprised of 7.9881 g of .917 gold and has a current melt value of £308.82. 

The first libra coins were minted in 1898 and were identical in technical specifications to a full British gold sovereign; i.e. being comprised of the same weight and purity of gold with a diameter of 22 mm. These una libra gold coins are also referred to as 'Peruvian pounds' and feature the stunning Peruvian coat of arms on the obverse and stoic effigy of Manco Cápac on the reverse. The Peru una libra gold coin series ran for a total of 32 years from 1898 until 1930. In 1901, Peru adopted a gold standard based on the libra, at which point one libra was equivalent to 10 soles.

The Peru gold libra was minted in denominations of one-fifth, one-half, and one-pound. The two coins on offer here are one-pound (una libra).

For those who are interested in some of the history and imagery surrounding the obverse and reverse designs of these coins, the Peruvian coat of arms consists of three fields: sky blue to the upper left, with a vicuñalooking inwards; white to the upper right with a cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and red in the horizontal lower field, with a golden cornucopia spilling out gold coins. These symbols represent the natural wealth of Peru. On the top, like a crest, is a civic crown of oak seen from the side. On each side of the coat of arms shown above are a flag and a standard. The obverse featuring the stoic portrait of Manco Cápac, also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco, is tribute to a man who is thought to have been the first governor and founder of the Inca civilisation in Cusco in the early 13th century.

Now, onto the two examples on offer...

The 1916 una libra is a very strong example and is present in a very respectable, uncirculated grade for the year. The year of 1916 had a mintage of 582,000. This is the third highest mintage in the series, being surpassed only by 1917 and 1918 at mintages of 1.928 million and 600,000 respectively.

The 1968 is, certainly in my opinion, the real gem here. This is a very high grade piece and is present in brilliant uncirculated condition. The lustre on this is simply astonishing. While I never guarantee the grades of the coins I sell, this is easily mid-MS in my opinion. Grade aside, this has tremendous eye-appeal and would stand out a mile away in any coin collection. To yet add to the lustrous loveliness of this luscious piece is the fact that 1968 is one of the lowest mintage years of the series, coming in at only 7,307!

Feel free to check the Numista page out for this coin series here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces46644.html

Okay, enough of my rambling! 😅

Sale prices:

🇵🇪 Peru Una Libra 1916 – £365 SOLD! 🔨

🇵🇪 Peru Una Libra 1968 – £385 SOLD! 🔨

Postage on top at buyer's cost, choice and risk.

Payment via bank transfer is preferred but PayPal friends and family will also be accepted.

Comment here or PM me to pick a Peruvian stunner up for yourself today! 🤠

Thank you! 👍🏻

[DuncanWylieWilson]

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[Ryan]

Wowsers, if only I'd held back on my gold purchasing for a few days. 

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4 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Wowsers, if only I'd held back on my gold purchasing for a few days. 

Just return the other stuff mate. No was is it as nice as these! 😉 

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[Leonmarsh]

Belters if you know you know these coins are beautiful pervuvian gold at its finest 

[Kookaburracollector]

11 minutes ago, AgD said:

@Kookaburracollector

Thanks for the heads up, much appreciated…but I already have these two year dates..else I would have bought them both at the great price they are offered at.👍

[SilverCrane]

Duncan me old sausage, is the 68 still available? If so, can i send you an additional tenner for insured post? let us know fella. 

[Chrisplym]

Great looking coins Duncan 👍

[DuncanWylieWilson]

7 minutes ago, SilverCrane said:

Duncan me old sausage, is the 68 still available? If so, can i send you an additional tenner for insured post? let us know fella. 

The stunning 1968 is yours mate. 👍🏻

Insured post is only £6.75 mate. Fire me a PM and we will sort it out. 

Cheers! ⭐️

[DuncanWylieWilson]

The stunning Peru 1 Libra 1968 is now sold to @SilverCrane

The gorgeous Peru 1 Libra 1916 is still available! ⭐️

[SilverCrane]

Greed is good. x 

[DuncanWylieWilson]

11 minutes ago, SilverCrane said:

Greed is good. x 

That it is, my friend!

Individual ambition serves the common good! 💪🏻

[Tozer]

PM sent.

[DuncanWylieWilson]

5 minutes ago, Tozer said:

PM sent.

And received mate.

Cheers! 👍🏻

[AgD]

2 hours ago, Kookaburracollector said:

Thanks for the heads up, much appreciated…but I already have these two year dates..else I would have bought them both at the great price they are offered at.👍

You will have to post your updated progress on them soon. You must have quite the collection now 👍

[Kookaburracollector]

12 hours ago, AgD said:

You will have to post your updated progress on them soon. You must have quite the collection now 👍

The collection is coming along fine, but there are still lots to be added…it’s a going to be a very long-term pursuit, as some are just about ‘unobtainium’! 

Hit this link for the ones I have:-

https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/289960/
 

….and for the ones I’m looking out for :-

Hopefully @DuncanWylieWilson will find me some of them👍.

 

[DuncanWylieWilson]

32 minutes ago, Kookaburracollector said:

The collection is coming along fine, but there are still lots to be added…it’s a going to be a very long-term pursuit, as some are just about ‘unobtainium’! 

Hit this link for the ones I have:-

https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/289960/
 

….and for the ones I’m looking out for :-

Hopefully @DuncanWylieWilson will find me some of them👍.

 

This is very impressive! Love it! Will do my best to get some of the others you’re looking for!

Several top pops in your collection too I see! 😅

Thank you for sharing! ⭐️