Guatemala 1866-R 4 pesos
This specimen was lot 24454 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 4 Pesos 1866-R, AU Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC. Types as described previously. Faintest handling marks but little actual wear and lustrous. More attractive overall than the Eliasberg (ANR 4/2005, lot 3050 for $4,000) coin and comparable to the Haberthuer (SBC 1/1996, lot 2719) piece. The nice Caballero de las Yndias specimen looked Mint State and realized a hefty figure (Aureo 4/2009, lot 306 for €6,000). By far the rarest date of this type: when Freeman Craig sold this same specimen over thirty years ago, he described it as "RRRR date - even the remote possibility that its unique". It remains very rare with only eight specimens confirmed by the cataloger. Ex. Freeman Craig (3/1981, lot 488 for $5,775). From The Isaac Rudman Collection of Guatemala Coins." This type is listed for 1866-69 and is part of a gold series which included one, two, four, five, eight, ten, sixteen and twenty pesos.
Recorded mintage: 561.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW (same weight as the old two escudos).
Catalog reference: KM 187, Fr-43.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
- 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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