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2 Reales - Fernando VII Proclamation coinage
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Currency | Real (1733-1859) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1808 |
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Fernando VII was proclaimed King of Spain in March 1808 following his father Carlos IV's forced abdication, but within weeks Napoleon had coerced both men into surrendering the throne to Joseph Bonaparte. Guatemala's proclamation coinage was therefore struck to honor a king who, at the moment these pieces circulated, was already a prisoner at Valençay. The colonial authorities pressed ahead regardless — loyalty to the captive Bourbon was itself a political act.