Catalog
2 Centavos
| Issuer | Greater Republic of Central America |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | UNION - CENTRO - AMERICANA ENSAYO |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Greater Republic of Central America was a short-lived federal union of Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua that existed from 1896 to 1898 — making an 1889 date on this piece almost certainly a pattern or essai struck in anticipation of the union rather than a circulation issue. The X# prefix in the KM reference system confirms this: it designates non-circulating or pattern status. The federation collapsed before a unified coinage ever reached general circulation.