5 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Guatemala
Period	Republic (1841-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1971-1977
Value	5 Centavos (0.05 GTQ)
Currency	Quetzal (1925-date)
Composition	Nickel brass (79% Copper, 20% Zinc, 1% Nickel)
Weight	1.6 g
Diameter	16 mm
Thickness	1.05 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	6 January 1997
Number	N# 7200
References	KM# 270 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 55.1 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Series: System: 1965-1997

Obverse

Coat of arms with date at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA
LIBERTAD
15 DE
SETIEMBRE
DE 1821
1971

Translation:
Republic of Guatemala
Liberty
15 of
September
of 1821

Reverse

Tree with value at right and legend at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
CENTAVOS
LIBRE CREZCA FECUNDO

Translation: Free Grows Fertile

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Casa de Moneda de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (1733-date)

Comments

While these coins are no longer in circulation, they are still redeemable by the Bank of Guatemala for face value.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1971	8 270 000	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.80	$ 1.10	$ 1.60		33%
1974	10 575 000		$ 0.20	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.36	$ 0.74	Guatemala City Mint	35%
1975	10 000 000	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 1.00				30%
1976	6 000 000			$ 0.46	$ 0.58			Guatemala City Mint	17%
1977	20 000 000	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.39			Guatemala City Mint	27%

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