Question About Peruvian Un Sol Coins From 1914-35

From my perspective a large part appears to be demand for the entire series. Many of the world coin collectors I personally know usually get only one example and very few will pursue an entire series. So the coin itself is very popular but not the entire series.

I've always liked the Seated Sol series for its design and variation. It has 3 major types and for earlier issues (1863-1916) there are a boat load of two letter initial varieties. Some of this might simply be a lack of collector knowledge on the diversity of the series. I know there are not a lot of online resources for this coin so threads like this may help.

The Sol was one of my very first silver world crown size coins so I have a soft spot for it in my collection.

I really think these are beautiful coins, and the ones made before 1917 have .7234 actual silver weight. I'm sure that lack of collector knowledge in the U.S. is a major reason for the low valuations of these coins. We're more interested in Morgans, which had just slightly higher ASW. In looking yours up in Krause, I was surprised to see the mintage was only 76,000 and the mintages on the 1931 and '33 sols even lower. At $6, it was basically priced as bullion and thus a very good deal.

I happily paid $30 for this one at a coin show last week.

I remember getting a customized type set for this Peruvian coinage.



And here is the one sol in this set:

Southern American coinage is highly underestimated in world coinage. Most Peruvian people do not have the money to collect them, and these coins will mainly find their way outside the country by tourism nowadays. So it is relatively cheap to buy silver coins from Simon Bolivar and other illustrious figures for less than a new born silver American dollar.