Guatemala 1830-NG M 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 3040 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $16,100. The catalog description[1] noted, "1830/29 2 escudos. Nueva Guatemala mint. MS-65 PL (NGC). Types as above. Bright yellow gold with deeply reflective surfaces, an extraordinarily lovely example of the date and design type. Sharply struck and well centered, a marvelous specimen that may rank among the finest known of the type. This overdate is unlisted in the Krause-Mishler reference. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."
The overdate is now listed in the SCWC (see Central American Republic). The normal date is recorded as a slightly better date compared to the 1827 or 1835. The type was struck in Guatemala 1825-47 and occasionally in Costa Rica 1828-50.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 6.79 grams, 22.50 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 12, Fr-28.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- 1827 2 escudos
- Costa Rica 1828-CR F 2 escudos
- 1830 8 reales
- 1834 2 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1830
- other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
- return to coins of Guatemala