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Posted 04/26/2024 2:29 pm
Today, a new edition of Ricky's Latin American silver coins! Hooray!
This post starts a small series about Latin American quarters, that is, coins that are equal, or similar to US quarters, considering their size and composition.
We will begin with my favourite Latin American quarter!
El Salvador. 1911. 25 centavos. Silver .835. 6,25 g. 24,5 mm. Reeded edge.
Obverse: El Salvador's coat of arms. In this case, because of the coin's wear, the central motive on the shield is not easily recognizable, but it's a volcano erupting. And I do love coins with volcanoes erupting! Almost all Andean countries in Latin America have this motive. Chile in particular has some superb coins depicting erupting volcanoes. The obverse also presents two dates: minting date, 1911; and independence day, 15 set de 1821. Other Central American countries such as Guatemala show multiple dates on their coins, the minting year, independence day, and even some other significant dates in addition to those. The coin also states its fineness, which is .835 silver. Most Latin American coins of that time period inform the bearer about its content in weight and fineness, which is a convenient courtesy, isn't it?
Reverse: coin's face value, which is veinte y cinco centavos. That is nowadays a weird way of saying it, because we would write veinticinco centavos. It's as saying twenty and five instead of twenty five. The value is sorrounded by some leaves, that are also very special because they don't seem to be neither olive, nor oak, plants generally used representing glory and strength, but some sort white palms, a plant that we generally bear during Easter (Palm Sunday).
Edge: it is reeded. I am certain there are more than 12 reeds on it, but less than 7 trillion. The exact number must be in between those.
That's all for today, folks! I hope you liked my little coin, and tomorrow I will try to come online to post another cute Latin American quarter. See ya!
This post starts a small series about Latin American quarters, that is, coins that are equal, or similar to US quarters, considering their size and composition.
We will begin with my favourite Latin American quarter!
El Salvador. 1911. 25 centavos. Silver .835. 6,25 g. 24,5 mm. Reeded edge.
Obverse: El Salvador's coat of arms. In this case, because of the coin's wear, the central motive on the shield is not easily recognizable, but it's a volcano erupting. And I do love coins with volcanoes erupting! Almost all Andean countries in Latin America have this motive. Chile in particular has some superb coins depicting erupting volcanoes. The obverse also presents two dates: minting date, 1911; and independence day, 15 set de 1821. Other Central American countries such as Guatemala show multiple dates on their coins, the minting year, independence day, and even some other significant dates in addition to those. The coin also states its fineness, which is .835 silver. Most Latin American coins of that time period inform the bearer about its content in weight and fineness, which is a convenient courtesy, isn't it?
Reverse: coin's face value, which is veinte y cinco centavos. That is nowadays a weird way of saying it, because we would write veinticinco centavos. It's as saying twenty and five instead of twenty five. The value is sorrounded by some leaves, that are also very special because they don't seem to be neither olive, nor oak, plants generally used representing glory and strength, but some sort white palms, a plant that we generally bear during Easter (Palm Sunday).
Edge: it is reeded. I am certain there are more than 12 reeds on it, but less than 7 trillion. The exact number must be in between those.
That's all for today, folks! I hope you liked my little coin, and tomorrow I will try to come online to post another cute Latin American quarter. See ya!
Edited by RickyO
04/26/2024 3:27 pm
04/26/2024 3:27 pm
