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20 Pesos Rafael Carrera
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1869-1870 |
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| Thickness | 1.93 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Rafael Carrera facing right, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and facial features, including a pronounced beard and moustache. The engraver's signature FRENER F. appears in small capitals at the base of the neck truncation. A toothed border frames the entire design. The encircling legend reads R. CARRERA FUNDADOR DE LA REP. DE GUATEMALA, identifying the subject as the Founder of the Republic of Guatemala. |
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| Reverse description | The Guatemalan coat of arms occupies the central field, with the shield bisected by the denomination 20 Ps. The legend GUATÆ RA S.D.O.M. PROTNE arcs across the upper portion of the coin. Below the arms, in the exergue, the gold fineness -0.900-, the date of issue, and the mint assayer's initial R. are inscribed, separated by dashes. A toothed border surrounds the entire reverse design. |
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Rafael Carrera ruled Guatemala from 1844 until his death in 1865, and these gold 20 Pesos were struck in the years immediately following his regime under the conservative governments that briefly preserved his political order. The denomination itself was part of Guatemala's adoption of a decimal coinage system — a modernizing administrative reform that sat uneasily alongside the deeply traditionalist politics Carrera had embodied.
The .900 fine standard mirrors the contemporaneous Latin Monetary Union specifications, though Guatemala never formally joined the union.