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2 Reales Rafael Carrera
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Weight | 6.16 g |
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| Obverse lettering | RAFAEL CARRERA PE DE LA RA DE GUATEMALA. FRENER F. (Translation: Rafael Carrera President of the Republic of Guatemala) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Rafael Carrera ruled Guatemala as a largely self-taught caudillo who rose from pig farmer to head of state — the only Central American leader of the period to successfully resist annexation into larger regional federations. By 1859 he had declared Guatemala a perpetual republic with himself as president for life, a political arrangement that gave the treasury unusual stability and allowed for consistent silver coinage when neighboring states were issuing debased or paper alternatives.
KM#133 is associated with the Nueva Guatemala mint, operating under fairly tight fineness controls for the period.