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<p>[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 2982516, member: 78525"]Here are two 8 reales from the earliest years of the <i>República Federal de Centroamérica</i>, formerly the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala that included modern day Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Los Altos (which would become the Mexican State of Chiapas). Commonly referred to as the Central American Republic, it was formed in 1821, began to disintegrate in 1836 and was no longer a union by 1838 although coins of this design continued to be issued from Nueva Guatemala into the 1840's. In my opinion, the obverse design embodies the idea of the light of freedom dawning on a newly liberated land. The reverse depicts the Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) with the legend "<i>LIBRE CRESCA (CRESZCA) FECUNDO</i>" -- Grow Free and Fertile.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]734026[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 2982516, member: 78525"]Here are two 8 reales from the earliest years of the [I]República Federal de Centroamérica[/I], formerly the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala that included modern day Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Los Altos (which would become the Mexican State of Chiapas). Commonly referred to as the Central American Republic, it was formed in 1821, began to disintegrate in 1836 and was no longer a union by 1838 although coins of this design continued to be issued from Nueva Guatemala into the 1840's. In my opinion, the obverse design embodies the idea of the light of freedom dawning on a newly liberated land. The reverse depicts the Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) with the legend "[I]LIBRE CRESCA (CRESZCA) FECUNDO[/I]" -- Grow Free and Fertile. [ATTACH=full]734025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]734026[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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