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2 Reales Rafael Carrera
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1866-1869 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | R. CARRERA FUNDADOR DE LA R. DE GUATEMALA FRENER F. (Translation: Rafael Carrera, Founder of the Republic of Guatemala) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rafael Carrera, the illiterate pig farmer who became Guatemala's first president-for-life, died in office in April 1865 — yet coins bearing his name continued striking through 1869. The post-Carrera government under Vicente Cerna retained the Carrera coinage types rather than commission a new design, a decision almost certainly driven by the cost and disruption of a full monetary overhaul during an unstable transition.
KM#142 is known with assayer initial variations across its short run, and attributing pieces to specific years within the 1866–1869 window requires close attention to those marks.