Central American Republic real

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Central American Republic, 4 Escudos (1835). Struck in the San Jose, Costa Rica mint (697 were minted).[1]

The real was the currency of the Federal Republic of Central America from the passing of the coinage law of March 19th, 1824 to the dissolution of the republic in 1838.[2] Sixteen silver reales equaled one gold escudo, and 8 reales equaled one peso. The Central American Republic's real replaced the Spanish colonial real at par and continued to circulate and be issued after the constituent states left the Central American Republic. Federation coins were minted in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Honduras, while additional provisional issues were minted at various points in Costa Rica, Honduras, and El Salvador.[2][3] Both Guatemala and Costa Rica continued minting coins in the style of the republican real until the late 1840s;[2] the currency was eventually replaced by the Costa Rican real, Salvadoran peso, Guatemalan peso, Honduran real and Nicaraguan peso.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cuhaj, George S., ed. (2009). Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins 1601–Present (6 ed.). Krause. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4402-0424-1.
  2. ^ a b c d Stickney, Brian (2017). A Monetary History of Central America. New York: American Numismatic Society. pp. 87–297. ISBN 9780897223508.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Jovel, Roberto; Yonaka, Brad (2020). The Provisional Coins of El Salvador in the Central American Federation. Long Beach, California: Agorocu Consulting. p. 1. ISBN 9780998682525.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)