View source for Guatemala (1839) 4 reales KM-85.6

[[Image:Guatemala H3038-35354o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3038, lot 35354]]
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This specimen was lot 35354 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $270.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic Counterstamped 4 Reales ND (1839) VG Holed. Type II sun and volcanos Counterstamp upon Bolivia Cob 4 Reales 1769. Host coin is holed, counterstamp is Fine." This specimen is a four reales counterstamped in Guatemala in 1839. It is a 'Type II', meaning that only the obverse was stamped. This particular method was used only in 1839. Foreign crowns were counterstamped from 1839-1841, during a time at which the [[Central American Republic]] was in a state of collapse and the country of Guatemala was emerging as an independent entity. Neither the silver nor the minting capacity was available to locally produce large denomination silver coins until 1859.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.54 g, 0.917 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 85.6.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Byrne, Ray, ''Coins and Tokens of the Caribees,'' Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975. 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* Raymond, Wayte, ''The Coins of Central America, Silver and Copper, 1824-1940,'' New York: Wayte Raymond Inc., 1941.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Guatemala (1839) 2 reales KM-81|(1839) type II c/s on Bolivia republic 2 reales]]
* [[Guatemala (1839) 4 reales KM-91|(1839) type II c/s on a Peru 4 reales]]
* [[Guatemala (1839) 4 reales KM-92|(1839) type II c/s on a Bolivia 4 reales]]
* [[Guatemala 1839-NG MA 8 reales]]
* [[Spain 1659-Seg BR 8 reales Dav-4408|(1839) type II c/s on a Spain 8 reales]]
* [[Bolivia 1682-P V 8 reales]] with type II counterstamp of 1839
* [[Peru 1739-L V 8 reales]] with type II counterstamp of 1839
* [[Guatemala (1839) 8 reales KM-111.6|(1839) type II c/s on a Spain 8 reales of Charles II]]
* [[Guatemala (1840) c/s 8 reales KM-120.2|(1839) type III c/s on a Peru 8 reales]]
* [[Guatemala (1840) c/s 8 reales KM-120.3|(1839) type III c/s on a Peru 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1839]]
* return to [[Guatemala]]

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