12½ Centavos (Provisional Coinage)

Issuer Guatemala

Type Standard circulation coins

Mints Casa de Moneda de Guatemala

Obverse

Legend at top. Provisional in the middle with a dot up and down with rays. Date at bottom.

Lettering: REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA PROVISIONAL 1915

Reverse

Value in letter at top, and in number at center. With metal at bottom.

Lettering: DOCE Y MEDIO CENTAVOS 12½ COBRE

Basic Information

Category Coin

Ruler Republic (Wikidata)

Technique Milled

Orientation coin

Demonetization Yes

Face Value 12½ Centavos (Numeric: 0.125)

Series Provisional Series

References

KM #230

Physical Characteristics

Composition Bronze (95% Copper, 4% Tin, 1% Zinc)

Weight 3 g

Size 19 mm

Shape Round

Technical Details

Obverse Lettering

REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA PROVISIONAL 1915

Reverse Lettering

DOCE Y MEDIO CENTAVOS 12½ COBRE

Market Prices by Year

Date	1915
Mint	-
Mintage	6,000,000
G	-
VG	-
F	5.39EUR
VF	15.00EUR
XF	-
AU	-
UNC	-

Comments

Provisional coinage of 1915-1923 was made in order to facilitate conversion from the Real system to the decimal system, because up to that point Real and Peso were both legal tender, but the Real was being phased out. For most of fraction it was easy to convert them, but being a system based on 8, an 1/8 Peso equivalent was needed, this 12.5 coin was the answer. There are two varieties of this coin. The one pictured has a short "1" in the denomination on the reverse. Another variety exists with a longer "1" which extends even with the bottom of the "2" .