Guatemala 1890 25 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This twenty-five centavos is a variation on the familiar slouched Justice type struck 1879-99. This type was struck 1889-90 and is common. A twenty-five centavos with a large "25 CENTs" (KM 209.2) also exists for 1890. The Guatemalan government made sevaral attempts in the late 1800's to decimalize the currency, of which this type is an example, but the extreme conservatism of the Indian peasantry forced the mint to return to the real system. The last silver two reales was struck in 1899.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.25 g, 0.835 fine silver, .167 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 205.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Coins of Central America, Silver and Copper, 1824-1940, New York: Wayte Raymond Inc., 1941.
• Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1888-G 25 centavos
• 1890 ¼ real
• 1890 real
• 1893 25 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1890
• return to coins of Guatemala