Guatemala 1999 quetzal
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This specimen was lot 75524 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $195.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. Mint Error -- Defective Planchet -- Quetzal, 1999. Guatemala City Mint. PCGS MS-66." This type was struck 1999-2001, 2006, 2008 and 2011-12. It replaced a note. The alloy was changed to brass plated steel (KM 284a) and struck in that form 2013-23.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 11 g, nickel brass (70% Cu-28% Zn-2% Ni), 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-284.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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