2 Reales - Fernando VII

Fernando VII never actually ruled effectively during this period — by 1808 he had been forced to abdicate at Bayonne under Napoleon's pressure, leaving Spain and its colonies in administrative limbo. Guatemala's mint continued striking coins in his name throughout the crisis, a declaration of legitimacy from a colonial authority that had no clear chain of command to follow. The Casa de Moneda de Guatemala was one of the few colonial mints to maintain relatively consistent output during these years of political confusion.

KM#62 is the milled macuquina transitional type, produced before the fully regularized bust coinage took hold in the region.