Guatemala 1873-P 1/4 real
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This specimen was lot 74242 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. 1/4 Real, 1873-P. NGC MS-68. The single finest example graded at NGC and PCGS. A blast white Gem with blazing bright luster." By this date, Guatemala was just about the last country in Latin America not to have converted to decimal coinage. The regime made several attempts to introduce such coinage in the 1880's, each time swiftly rejected by the populace. This type was struck in 1872-78.
Recorded mintage: 308,000 including 1873/2, a common date.
Specification: 0.77 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-146.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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