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1/2 Real
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Weight | 1.58 g |
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| Obverse description | The Guatemalan national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a scroll inscribed with the independence motto flanked by crossed rifles and swords over a wreath of laurel branches, with a quetzal bird perched atop the scroll. The arms are encircled by a beaded border. The date 1893 appears prominently in the exergue below the central device. The inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre DE 1821 is incorporated within the scroll on the shield. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guatemala's fractional silver coinage of the early 1890s was issued under the liberal reform government that had displaced conservative rule in 1871, with the monetary system still nominally tied to the Central American peso standard even as paper currency increasingly dominated daily commerce. By 1893, coined silver of this denomination was already being edged out by fiduciary notes, making actual circulation of small silver fractions brief and uneven across the republic's provinces.