Guatemala 1926 10 quetzales

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates

This specimen was lot 7605 in Ponterio sale 153 (Baltimore, March 2010), where it sold for $805. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. 10 Quetzales, 1926. NGC AU-58." This issue was accompanied by a gold five and twenty quetzales.

Recorded mintage: 18,000.

Specification: 16.71 g, 0.900 fine gold, .483 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-49; KM 245.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 153: The 2010 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2010.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1925 1 centavo
• 1925 quetzal
• 1926 5 quetzales
• 1926 20 quetzales
• Coins and currency dated 1926
• return to coins of Guatemala