Coin

Museum number:
3-23394
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Object count:
1
Description:
Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 3-23394, described as Silver coin 1/2 real; 1.55 grams. Obverse: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA, MEDIO REAL. Reclining woman with a cornucopia in one hand and a set of scales in the other. On the side of her chair is the inscription 30 DE JUNIO DE 1871. Cloth has a tiny inscription. Reverse: Wreath, two guns crossed and two swords crossed in back of a scroll upon which is written LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMre. Perched on the scroll is a quetzal bird.

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