1 Peso Counterstamped coinage
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 | 25 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana, Counterstamped |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 75225 |
| References | KM# 217 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Off center stamp: Obverse (coat of arms) of "1/2 Real" from 1894.
Reverse
(en) Off center stamp: Reverse (Justice) from "1/2 Real" from 1894.
Mints
| Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date) | |
| Casa de Moneda de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (1733-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 1 Peso 1880 KM#142.1
Stamp dies: Guatemala ½Real 1894 KM#165
In this one the stamps are off center, which differentiates it from the centered KM#216
All dates are from host coins. All were stamped in 1894.
Host coin: Chile 1 Peso 1880 KM#142.1
Stamp dies: Guatemala ½Real 1894 KM#165
In this one the stamps are off center, which differentiates it from the centered KM#216
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1894 | (en) Host date 1880 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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Bullion value: USD 49.01
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Actual srebro weight: 0.723 oz
Current srebro price: 67.75 USD/oz (see silver price 
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