Guatemala 1798-G 1/4 real

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Sedwick sale 27. lot 1072

This specimen was lot 1072 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $190.40. The catalog description[1] noted, "Guatemala, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1798, ex-Reinhart. XF+ with nice toning, parts of rims slightly crude (as made). Pedigreed to the Philip Y. Reinhart collection and to the Superior sale of June 3-4, 1997 with lot tag #6519." This tiny coin shares the design with similar issues from Mexico City and other Spanish colonial mints. The type was struck 1796-1821. Most of the dates are very scarce, but the 1821G appears in Uncirculated with some frequency, most likely the result of a hoard being dispersed. The denomination seems to have been popular in Guatemala, as silver cuartillas were struck under the Central American Republic 1824-51 and by the Republic of Guatemala 1859-99, being the last country to abandon the denomination. Harris[2] records fewer cuartillas than any other denomination of Guatemala; hoard finds may have changed this mix ratio.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: .84 g, .896 fine silver, .024 troy oz ASW, this specimen 0.84 gram.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13144, Cal-89; KM-59.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
  • [2]Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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