Guatemala 1945 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is from a type struck in London for Guatemala 1925, 1944-49. The obverse was changed to show the "Monolito de Quirigua" (the monolith of Quirigua, a Mayan stele) midway thru 1949. Guatemala still issues ten centavo pieces with the "Monolito de Quirigua" but the alloy was changed to copper-nickel in 1965, same as the United States.

Recorded mintage: 1,499,000, the most common date.

Specification: 3.33 g, 0.720 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 239.1.

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.

Link to:

• 1944 10 centavos
• 1945 5 centavos
• 1947 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1945