4 Reales Type IV Countermark

Obverse description	Bare-headed portrait bust of Rafael Carrera, President of Guatemala, facing left, engraved by Frener, with the engraver's signature FRENER F. visible in the lower field beneath the truncation. The circular legend around the periphery reads RAFAEL CARRERA PTE DE LA RA DE GUATEMALA, contained within a dentilated border. Applied below the portrait truncation is the El Salvador Type IV countermark consisting of a retrograde letter R enclosed within a small beaded circle of approximately 5 mm diameter, punch-applied to validate the host coin for circulation in El Salvador.
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Obverse lettering	RAFAEL CARRERA PTE DE LA RA DE GUATEMALA
Reverse description	Central design features the arms of Guatemala: a shield bearing a quetzal bird perched on a scroll above mountains, flanked by two crossed rifles and two crossed swords below, with laurel and oak branches on either side tied by ribbons inscribed GUATEMALA and PROTECCION respectively. Above the shield radiates a rising sun with straight and wavy rays. The denomination CUATRO RLES appears along the lower rim, with the fineness L. 10·20s to the left and the date 1860 and assayer initial R. to the right, all within a dentilated border.
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