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1 Peso Pattern strike
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1893 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn16 |
| Obverse description | The Guatemalan coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a scroll inscribed LIBERTAD / 15 DE / SETIEMBRE / DE / 1821 flanked by crossed rifles and swords, framed by two laurel branches tied at the base. A quetzal bird perches atop the scroll. The silver fineness 0,900 appears at lower left and the essai date 1893 at lower right, with the word ESSAI incused in the exergue below the central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1821 0,900 ESSAI 1893 (Translation: Freedom 15th-Sept.-1821 0.900 Trial strike 1893) |
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Guatemala's monetary system was in turmoil throughout the early 1890s as the country navigated between the old real-based coinage and a modernized decimal system. This 1893 pattern was produced amid deliberations over currency reform that would eventually culminate in the introduction of the peso as official coinage — making pieces like this part of the exploratory process rather than any settled policy decision.
KM#Pn16 is among a small cluster of silver patterns documented from this period, most struck in extremely limited numbers for official examination. Few survive outside major institutional collections.