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Guatemala ceramic porcelain notgelds coins tokens


Banknote 1 PESO with 1920.
This banknotes has a large amount of money in the climate in which it can be used by the porcelain coins

Produced: State porcelain - Manufactory Meissen


Photo: Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 75/2012 Heidrun Höhn - 800EUR
Teutoburger Auction104/2016/1800EUR

2 Pesos without date (1920)

 28,0 brown porcelain
rim smooth. plaster mold, circulation unknown, variety inscription PESoS
Frank Ringleb 4.1.1, Scheuch?



Photo: American Numismatic Society

2 Pesos without date (1920)

 27,0, weight 2, 83g, brown porcelain
rim smooth. plaster mold, circulation unknown, different type of letters - especially "E"
Frank Ringleb 4.2.1, Scheuch 18a,


Photo: Busso Peus412/2014/4000EUR

2 Pesos without date (1920)

 28,0 brown porcelain, weight 2, 73g
rim smooth. plaster mold, circulation unknown, variety inscription PESOS, different letter G
Frank Ringleb 4.3.1, Scheuch?





2 Pesos without date

 26,0 white porcelain
Frank Ringleb 4.3.2, Scheuch?
Photo from Frank Ringleb's catalog


 
Photo: Freundeskreis keramischer Münzen and Medaillen




The motive for issuing these coins to Guatemala by the Manufactory in Meissen was unclear.
An article from May 23, 1921 published in The New York Times brings us closer to this:





Photo: Archiwum The New York Times


Coin in zbiorach American Numismatic Society ;
GUATEMALA