Guatemala 1895 peso
The first specimen was lot 1756 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUATEMALA: AR peso, 1895. Bright white except a few small areas of light toning near rims, NGC graded MS65." This type was minted in Guatemala in large numbers 1894-97 with help from the Heaton mint in Birmingham, England. It is the last in a series of seated liberty designs beginning in 1872. They were struck to displace the Chilean pesos and Peruvian soles counterstamped in 1894.
Recorded mintage: 1,415,000 plus 375,000 from Heaton.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-210.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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