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Revision as of 14:24, 27 December 2023
The specimen shown is from a type struck for Guatemala 1960-64. It is the last and most common silver twenty-five centavos. Guatemala still issues twenty-five centavo pieces with the head of a Mayan woman (see KM 263, 268, 269, 272, 278) but the alloy was changed to copper-nickel in 1965, same as the United States.
Recorded mintage: 1,100,000.
Specification: 8.33 g, 0.720 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 263.
- 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.
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