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This specimen was lot 57021 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Guatemala|GUATEMALA]]. 2 Reales, 1894. Guatemala City Mint. PCGS MS-62." This type was struck in Guatemala and at Heaton 1894-99 and is common tho the proofs are rare.
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The first specimen was lot 57021 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Guatemala|GUATEMALA]]. 2 Reales, 1894. Guatemala City Mint. PCGS MS-62." This type was struck in Guatemala and at Heaton 1894-99 and is common tho the proofs are rare.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,094,000 plus 900,000 of [[Guatemala 1894-H 2 reales|1894-H]].  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,094,000 plus 900,000 of [[Guatemala 1894-H 2 reales|1894-H]].  
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Revision as of 09:49, 9 March 2026

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57021
SB124-57021 rev.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Guatemala 1894 2 reales rev DSLR.jpg

The first specimen was lot 57021 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA. 2 Reales, 1894. Guatemala City Mint. PCGS MS-62." This type was struck in Guatemala and at Heaton 1894-99 and is common tho the proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 1,094,000 plus 900,000 of 1894-H.

Specification: 6.2 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-167.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [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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