Guatemala is a country in Central America that I have only been to one time. While I was still in the Army reserves I got caught up in a medical mission down there. It's a beautiful place that is mostly composed of rainforest, green just about everywhere you look. The Mayan civilization was centered here, and they had cut huge cities out of the jungle. In about 900 AD they abandoned these huge cities and they were swallowed by the jungle. Only now are they discovering the massive size of the Maya ruins. They also have some nasty venomous snakes and jaguars in the jungles, I would advise avoiding them.
The Spanish conquistadors decimated the indigenous populations in Guatemala through disease and warfare. It was ruled by Spain from 1519 until 1821 when the people declared independence on September 15, 1821. After many long battles against the Spanish the people prevailed. Like many fledgling nations they suffered a lot of political turmoil and regimes over the years. In 1871 they had a "liberal revolution" under Justo Rufino Barrios. He tried to modernize the country and had the ultimate goal to reunite all of Central America into one nation. After going to war to achieve this goal he was killed in battle against El Salvador. But the liberal governments retained power until 1898.
Complicated I know... Just trying to help you understand this little gem of a coin I have to share today. I'm not entirely sure when I picked it up, it wasn't in Guatemala since while I was there we weren't allowed to venture off base. On this coin they commemorate their independence on the front of the coin with the date Sept 15, 1821, but on the reverse is the the date June 30, 1871 referring to the liberal revolution.
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About the coin:
Country: Guatemala
Composition: 83.5% silver/ 26.5% copper
Denomination: 2 Reales
Weight: 6.35 grams
Diameter: 24 mm
Mint: Casa de Moneda de Guatemala
Mintage: 2,783,765
Demonetized: Yes
Obverse: Coat of arms, fineness, date with lettering: LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1821 0,835 H 1895 (15 of September, 1821)
Reverse: Seated Justice with denomination
Engraver: Jean Lagrange
I love these older coins even with a lot of wear. I just try to imagine all the people who have held this coin in their hands over the years and what it was used to purchase. It's in pretty good shape for being 128 years old! It's 83.5% silver and a pretty coin, definitely a great coin to collect, however high grades in these coins do tend to go fairly expensive. But being a collector of coins from Central and South America I was glad to find it. I believe it's the only coin I have from Guatemala, I haven't come across very many over the years.
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References:
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala
Numista
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12848.html
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That's a very cool coin. I like it when they're worn like that, was quite surprised that it was only 83% silver considering where it came from. They liked their metals there. I was inspired by one of your last posts to pull out my stash and have a gander, something I haven't done in a long time and I found a couple of beauties. Will post about some of them soon. I'm not really a collector per se but I do love these old things and think they have so much cool history to share.
I'm excited to see them, that sounds great! I think it was done at lower purity to make the coins last longer, silver wears much longer the more copper it has blended in with it.
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Reales are awesome, especially when you get back to the 1700's. This coin may well have been slapped down at the bar at some point!
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Interesting info my friend. I never know that they gained independence at around that time. as ti think most of the countries liberated after the world war
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One day I want to go there, never been anywhere near that area though. So much to see still!
Doing another attempt reblogging as I don't have content for myself today anyway :)
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It's a very big world with so much to see. Rain forests as far as the eye can see! Thanks for the re-blog, I'm not sure what I'm going to do for a post today. Maybe something will inspire me later in the day...
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Rain forests, must be amazing to see in real life. I really have so much to explore still but waiting for the moment that I don't have to budget my way through a holiday and can just enjoy it without thinking "oh that's expensive" constantly, lol. #someday
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Pretty old, that coin!!! How do you keep you old coins, @thebighigg ?
Many are in coin flips and stored in boxes upright. Many of these haven't seen the light of day in many long years securely stored. The more expensive ones I may put in capsules but coin flips aren't too bad and their cheap!
wow that's a beauty
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Guatemala sounds like a beautiful country except for the snakes😳
This Silver 1895 2 Reales has seen some pockets, lots of history, very nice coin!😀
Thanks, it is a cool one! I'll pass on snakes too, not my favorite things...
That’s one of the benefits of the Pacific Northwest, we do not have any poisonous snakes!😇🤗
No rattlers up that way?
Only on the eastern side of the cascade mountains, down in the desert. On the western side, nothing ….😇
Well that's cool, one less problem to worry about! Only bears and cougars!
😽😳………..Just bigger problems Lol!
It looks very similar to the Spanish coins of the time.
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Probably because most of the guys in charge came from Spanish families. That would be my guess anyway!
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! help(no space) to get help on Hive. Infooh I like this one. I love old worn silver coins! I had a big collection until I sold everything a few years ago but started collecting again recently. Glad I did
You'll have to share some of your new collection sometime! This one is a cool coin, thanks!
well, I took some photos with my phone but I don't know how to blow them up to be the size of yours. do I need a digital camera?
This looks well aged !
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