Guatemala 1949 1/4 quetzal
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This specimen was lot 57024 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. 1/4 Quetzal, 1949/8. NGC MS-64. Overdate variety." The specimen shown is from a type struck for Guatemala 1926-29 and 1946-49. It was superseded by twenty-five centavo pieces with the portrait of a Mayan woman in native costume (KM 258). The SCWC gives the overdate a lower catalog value than the regular date.
Recorded mintage: 25,000.
Specification: 8.33 g, 0.720 fine silver, 27 mm diameter (same module as a Mexico 1945-M 50 centavos).
Catalog reference: KM-243.2.
- 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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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