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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RomanTheRussian, post: 1770051, member: 7539&quot;]Recent Stacks win. 8 Reales from Guatemala. This is my first coin from that particular mint, as I specialize in 1772-1821 Mexico, but it had all the right things going for it. Neat tidbit of information - prior to 1773 the mint-mark for Guatemala was simply &quot;G&quot;. In 1773 a violent earthquake destroyed the city of Guatemala, which was rebuilt 40 miles to the northwest and was called Nueva Guatemala. This is why beginning with the next issue of 1777, an NG appears instead of a G as mint-mark. Guatemala is also a scarcer mint than Mexico City. Calbeto lists this year as &#039;scarce&#039;. Both PCGS and NGC only certified 4 coins each for this year. This one is currently in PCGS AU53 plastic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/27430871_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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