Difference between revisions of "Guatemala 1967 10 centavos"

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[[Image:GUA_1967_10centavos-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Image:GUA_1967_10centavos-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Image:GUA_1967_10centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Image:GUA_1967_10centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
The specimen shown is from a type struck for [[Guatemala]] 1965-70. Guatemala still issues ten centavo pieces with the "Monolito de Quirigua" (the monolith of Quirigua, a Mayan stele). As was done in the United States, the composition was changed from silver to base metal alloy in 1965.
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The specimen shown is from a type struck for [[Guatemala]] 1965-70. Guatemala still issues ten centavo pieces with the "Monolito de Quirigua" (the monolith of Quirigua, a Mayan stele). As occurred in the United States, the composition was changed from silver to base metal alloy in 1965.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 3,120,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 3,120,000.
  
''Specification:'' copper-nickel.
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''Specification:'' 2.85 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 267.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 267.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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* Stickney, Brian, ''A Monetary History of Central America,'' New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
  
 
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* [[Guatemala 1964 5 centavos|1964 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Guatemala 1964 5 centavos|1964 5 centavos]]
 
* [[Guatemala 1968 25 centavos|1968 25 centavos]]
 
* [[Guatemala 1968 25 centavos|1968 25 centavos]]
* [[Guatemala 1977 10 centavos|1977 10 centavos]]
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* [[Guatemala 1970 10 centavos|1970 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1967]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1967]]
 
* return to [[Guatemala]]
 
* return to [[Guatemala]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Acanthite collection]]

Revision as of 10:39, 3 September 2022

from the Acanthite collection
from the Acanthite collection

The specimen shown is from a type struck for Guatemala 1965-70. Guatemala still issues ten centavo pieces with the "Monolito de Quirigua" (the monolith of Quirigua, a Mayan stele). As occurred in the United States, the composition was changed from silver to base metal alloy in 1965.

Recorded mintage: 3,120,000.

Specification: 2.85 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 267.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

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