Guatemala 1926 20 quetzales

Eliasberg lot 3065

This specimen was lot 3065 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $920. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1926 20 quetzales. MS-62 (NGC). Quetzal on pillar, legends around/arms in wreath, legends around, date below. Lustrous medium gold, small reverse toning spot at 4:00 in the wreath. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This type, along with the gold five and ten quetzales, was struck the one year only.

Recorded mintage: 49,000.

Specification: 33.43 g, 0.900 fine gold, .967 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 33.48 grams, 34.10 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-48, KM 246.

Source:

• ^[1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1926 5 quetzales
• 1926 10 quetzales
• Coins and currency dated 1926
• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
• return to coins of Guatemala