Good day! This is my first time doing one of these requests so I hope I'm doing it correctly. I have seen auction records of coins countermarked by the Republic of Los Altos (1838-1840 and 1848-1849, although I have not seen any coins from the second secession attempt).
[the name of the issuer in English (and if possible also in French and Spanish)]
- Known as Los Altos in all of these languages.
[Wikidata code:]
Q738264
[if there are no entries yet on Numista, the link to an auction site or a reference catalogue presenting at least one coin or banknote from this issuer:]
[if necessary, the list of other issuers to be linked by “see also” links (for example the Holy Roman Empire is linked to the Carolingian Empire)]
Guatemala, Central American Republic
[If possible, a brief introduction presenting the history of this issuer with any numismatic considerations useful to the reader:]
The State of Los Altos, originally one of the six constituent states of the Federal Republic of Central America, was a seperatist state based along the Mexican-Guatemalan border regions. It made two secession attempts in the 1830s and 40s, where it counterstamped various Bolivian and Peruvian reales at Quetzaltenango. After an abortive 1848-1849 secession attempt, it was fully absorbed into Guatemala.
