Guatemala 1943 centavo

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73466

This specimen was lot 73466 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. Centavo, 1943. Philadelphia Mint. PCGS MS-64. A lustrous and boldly struck example of this two-year series. Both obverse and reverse are blessed with a splash of lilac to pea-green toning." This type was struck again in 1944 at the San Francisco mint. This example sold for nearly seven time the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 450,000.

Specification: 3 g, brass, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-251.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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