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1 Peso Pattern strike
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Guatemalan national coat of arms, depicting a quetzal bird perched atop a scroll before a stylised architectural structure flanked by crossed rifles and laurel branches, with a radiant sun above. The shield is encircled by a beaded inner border. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA runs along the periphery between two concentric beaded rims. A small mintmark device appears at the base of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the denomination and date in three lines — '1', 'PESO', and '1881' — set within an elaborate cartouche of symmetrical foliate and scroll ornaments in high relief. Below the cartouche, in the lower exergue, the fineness and assayer notation '21 Q.R.' is inscribed, indicating 21 karats and the responsible assayer's initials. The design is contained within a beaded inner border and a milled outer rim. |
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Guatemala's monetary reform of the early 1880s was driven by pressure to abandon the old real-based system in favor of decimal coinage aligned with neighboring republics. Pattern strikes like this one were produced as part of that evaluation process — brass was tested as a low-cost base metal option before silver was ultimately mandated for circulating peso coinage. The Pn8 designation confirms this piece never advanced beyond the trial stage.