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1/2 Escudo Guatemala
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Central America |
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| Year | 1824-1843 |
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| Composition | Gold (.875) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts five volcanic mountain peaks rising from the sea, surmounted by a radiant rising sun with straight rays emanating across the field, all enclosed within a raised inner circle. The surrounding legend reads •REPUB•DEL CENT•DE AMER• in Latin capitals, separated by raised dots, with the date 1825 positioned at the base below the central device. The coin is bordered by a continuous dentilated rim that frames both the legend and the central design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Federal Republic of Central America was a short-lived and chronically unstable union that collapsed under regional rivalries, clerical opposition, and repeated civil wars before formally dissolving in 1839 — though some member states continued striking coinage under the federal authority into the early 1840s as the political fiction slowly unwound. Guatemala City housed the only mint capable of producing gold during this period, making it the sole source for federal gold issues regardless of which faction nominally controlled the government.
KM#5 spans nearly two decades of institutional turbulence, and die quality varies considerably across the emission years as a direct consequence of interrupted production and changing personnel at the Casa de Moneda.