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1 Real
| Issuer | Republic of Guatemala |
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| Year | 1872-1878 |
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| In circulation to | 26 November 1924 |
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| Obverse description | Central device consists of a cartouche-style shield bearing the inscription of the independence date '15 DE SETRE DE 1821' arranged in five lines within an ornate scrolled frame. The circumferential legend reads 'REPCA DE GUATEMALA' along the upper arc, while the lower arc carries the fineness '0.900', the mint initial 'F.', and the date of issue, all separated by five-pointed star stops. The field surrounding the shield is plain, and the entire design is contained within a fine toothed border running the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guatemala's silver reales were a colonial-era holdover still circulating in the 1870s while the country's monetary system lurched toward decimalization. The Reform of 1871 that brought Justo Rufino Barrios to power accelerated pressure to modernize the currency, and this series was struck during exactly that transitional window — old denominations, new republic, the peso decimal system waiting in the wings.
KM#148.1 distinguishes the Philadelphia-assisted coinage from later domestic strikes.