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2 Reales
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1892-1893 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTAD 15 de SETE de 1821 0835 * 1892 (Translation: Freedom 15th September 1821 0.835 * 1892) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guatemala's 2 Reales coinage was already an anachronism by the early 1890s — the country had adopted the Peso decimal system in 1869, yet small-denomination reales persisted in circulation well into the following decades simply because rural commerce demanded them. The 1892–1893 dates coincide with the long dictatorship of Justo Rufino Barrios's successor, Manuel Lisandro Barillas, whose administration was managing the final consolidation of Guatemala's monetary infrastructure before the eventual shift toward a more stable currency framework.
The .835 silver fineness matches the reduced standard adopted across several Central American states in this period as silver prices fell globally following widespread demonetization in Europe and North America.