5 Pesos (Provisional Coinage)
Obverse
Justo Rufino Barrios, president of Guatemala between 1873 and 1885, facing right. With name at left and date right.
Lettering: J. RUFINO BARRIOS 1923
Reverse
Value, legend and metal at bottom.
Lettering: CINCO PESOS REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA BR. AL
Basic Information
Category
Coin
Ruler
Republic (Wikidata)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
medal
Demonetization
Yes
Face Value
5 Pesos (Numeric: 5)
Series
Provisional Series
References
KM #234
Physical Characteristics
Composition
Aluminium bronze (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight
5.5 g
Size
25 mm
Shape
Round
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
J. RUFINO BARRIOS 1923
Reverse Lettering
CINCO PESOS REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA BR. AL
Market Prices by Year
| Date | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Mint | - |
| Mintage | 445,104 |
| G | - |
| VG | - |
| F | - |
| VF | 10.00EUR |
| 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.
There is also a Medal alignment variant of this coin.
