50 Centavos (Provisional Coinage)
Obverse
Flower at center. With legend at top and date at bottom.
Lettering: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA 1922
Reverse
Value with letter at top, and in number at center. With metal at bottom.
Lettering: CINCUENTA CENTAVOS. 50 BRONCE AL.
Basic Information
Category
Coin
Ruler
Republic (Wikidata)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
coin
Demonetization
Yes
Face Value
50 Centavos (Numeric: 0.5)
Series
Provisional Series
References
KM #232
Physical Characteristics
Composition
Aluminium bronze (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight
1.9 g
Size
16 mm
Shape
Round
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA 1922
Reverse Lettering
CINCUENTA CENTAVOS. 50 BRONCE AL.
Market Prices by Year
| Date | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Mint | - |
| Mintage | 3,893,238 |
| G | - |
| VG | - |
| F | 3.69EUR |
| VF | 9.00EUR |
| 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.
