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1 Real Rafael Carrera
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1861-1865 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#137 |
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| Reverse description | The Guatemalan national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a shield bearing mountains and a quetzal bird, flanked by two crossed rifles with fixed bayonets and two crossed swords, with a laurel wreath and scrolls inscribed GUATEMALA and PROTECCION. Above the shield radiates a sunburst issuing from a central point. The denomination UN RL appears prominently in the lower exergue, with the fineness inscription L.10D.20G. to the lower left and the date and assayer initial to the lower right. The entire device is rendered in crisp relief consistent with the milled coinage standards of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rafael Carrera, the illiterate mestizo general who seized Guatemala City in 1839 and dominated Central American politics for decades, restored conservative and clerical power after the liberal reforms of the Federation period. These reales were struck during the final years of his rule — he died in office in April 1865, the only Central American caudillo of his era to do so without exile or execution. The Guatemala City mint had operated fitfully through decades of regional warfare, and output during this window was constrained by chronic silver shortages tied to disrupted trade routes through the isthmus.