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5 Pesos Pattern strike
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn23, Fr#27 |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1821 0,900 ESSAI 1894 (Translation: Freedom 15-Sept.-1821 0.900 Trial Strike 1894) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Guatemala's monetary reform of the early 1890s was driven by the Reyna Barrios administration's push to align the national currency with the Latin Monetary Union standard, a project that ultimately produced several pattern issues before the new coinage was formalized. This 1894 piece is one of those exploratory strikes — official enough to carry a reference in Friedberg and KM, scarce enough that confirmed auction appearances are rare.
The .900 fine specification mirrors exactly the LMU gold standard, which was no accident.