v20_1576 - REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA 5 quetzales 1926 Philadelphie

REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA 5 quetzales 1926 Philadelphie XF

MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 210.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 266.00 €

Type : 5 quetzales

Date: 1926

Mint name / Town : Philadelphie

Quantity minted : 48000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,35 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Usure modérée sur les reliefs. Très bel exemplaire avec une belle couleur

Catalogue references :

F.50 - KM20/244

Obverse

Obverse legend : .REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA..

Obverse description : Rouleau inscrit LIBERTAD/ 15 DE/ SEPTIEMBRE/ 1821, surmonté d’une perruche et posé sur une carabine et deux sabres en sautoir, le tout dans une couronne ; à l’exergue le millésime.

Obverse translation : (République du Guatemala).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .LEY DE 26 NOVIEMBRE DE 1924..

Reverse description : Perruche posée sur une cippe inscrite 18/ DE/ JUNIO/ DE/ 1871 et au-dessus de 5/ QUETZALES.

Historical background

REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

(since 1839)

The territory of Guatemala belonged to the Mayas until the 16th century and was conquered by Pedro de Alvarado in 1524. Until 1821, the territory was part of the Spanish Empire. In 1821, Guatemala proclaimed its independence and entered the Mexican Empire of Iturbide and then the Confederation of the United States of Central America until 1838. Until 1944, the country was stable and lived under the government of four successive dictatorships. Subsequently, the influence of American companies, the necessary agrarian reform and political struggles made the country unstable and led to civil war. Since 1984, elections have allowed for a certain reorganization of the country, even if military coups and reprisals by "death squads" claim many victims. Guatemala's economy is geared towards the production of coffee, cotton, sugar cane, bananas and tourism..