294, Lot: 938. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUATEMALA, Republic. 1859-pres. AR Peso (38mm, 24.84 g, 6h). 1894 Half Real dies countermarked on a Lima mint Peru Sol dated 1871YJ (KM 196.26). KM 224. Host coin VF, countermark EF, countermark struck with rusty dies.

On 10 August 1894 the Guatemalan government authorized the mint to counterstamp foreign coins to legitimize them as official currency.