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1 Real Central American Republic - Provisional Coinage
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1829 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts five volcanic mountains rising from the sea, with radiating sun rays emanating from behind the peaks, all enclosed within a raised circular border. The circumferential legend ESTADO DE GUATEMALA reads around the upper periphery, while the date 1829 appears in the exergue at the bottom. The entire design is contained within a finely toothed or reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO DE GUATEMALA • 1829 • (Translation: State of Guatemala) |
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The Central American Republic — formally the Federal Republic of Central America — was fracturing almost from the moment it declared independence from Mexico in 1823. By 1829 the federation was deep in civil conflict, with liberal forces under Francisco Morazán fighting conservative federalists backed by the Church. Coinage continued out of necessity rather than stability. Guatemala's mint, the oldest operating mint in Central America, struck these provisionals while the political architecture around it was actively collapsing.
The federation itself ceased to exist entirely by 1841.