believe it or not this is my 1st foreign coin

[47thelement]

I don't think it silver sounds clad. looks like some kind of commermitve? has the Dec 29 1996 on it. Republic of Guatimaula

 

[coolpix9]

Here's the poop on the date

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_National_Revolutionary_Union

 

[47thelement]

Intersting...Still wont buy me a cup of coffee

 

[thurmownator]

yeah, it's just the standard 1 quetzal coin:

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img2/78-1q99&desc=Guatemala%20km284%201%20Quetzal%20(1999)&query=Guatemala%20km%20284


nice find, though.