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1 Peso
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1878-1879 |
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| Currency | Peso (1859-1912) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A seated allegorical figure of Justice occupies the center of the field, shown in classical draped robes with a scales of justice held in her left hand and a cornucopia resting against her right arm; her right arm rests upon a book or tablet inscribed 'CONSTITUCION.' The figure is set upon a podium or plinth, with the engraver's signature 'FRENER F.' inscribed in small lettering at the lower right of the floor line. A circular legend surrounds the design, with the denomination 'UN PESO' prominently displayed in the lower exergue area. |
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Guatemala's peso coinage of this period was struck under the liberal reform government of Justo Rufino Barrios, who had seized power in 1871 and aggressively modernized the country's financial infrastructure. The silver peso was central to his effort to stabilize commerce after decades of monetary disorder left over from the Central American Federation's collapse.
KM#200 covers only two years of production before Guatemala transitioned toward new monetary arrangements in the 1880s. The short window of issue keeps surviving examples relatively scarce in any grade.