1 Peso Counterstamped coinage
Reverse © rcastillo
Features
| Issuer |
Guatemala
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1841-date)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Year | 1894 |
| Value | 1 Peso |
| Currency | Peso (1859-1912) |
| Composition | Srebro (.900) |
| Weight | 26.7 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana, Counterstamped |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 75224 |
| References | KM# 214 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Znaczek: Awers (herb) "1/2 Real" z 1894 r.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
POR LA RAZON Y LA FUERZA
LIBERTAD
15
DE
SEPTIEMBRE
DE
1821
0,835 1894
· 10 D.s 20 G.s ·
Reverse
Znaczek: Rewers (Sprawiedliwość) z "1/2 Real" z 1894 r.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CHILE · So · I · J ·
REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA
30
DE
JUNIO
DE
1871
½ REAL
LAGRANGE
1848
Mints
| Casa de Moneda de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (1733-date) | |
| So | Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date) |
Comments
(en) By 1894, foreign coins had become so prevalent that on August 10, the government authorized their counter-stamping at the mint, with official 1/2 Real of 1894, to legitimize their circulation.
All dates are from host coins. All were stamped in 1894.
Host coin: Chile 8 Reales 1848 KM#96.2
Stamp dies: Guatemala ½Real 1894 KM#165
All dates are from host coins. All were stamped in 1894.
Host coin: Chile 8 Reales 1848 KM#96.2
Stamp dies: Guatemala ½Real 1894 KM#165
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1894 JM | (en) Host date 1848 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 52.38
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Actual srebro weight: 0.773 oz
Current srebro price: 67.80 USD/oz (see silver price 
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