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1 Real Type IV Counterstamp
| Issuer | Republic of Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1846 |
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| Value | 1 Real |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUB. DE CENT. DE AMER. 1846 (Translation: Central American Republic 1846) |
| Reverse description | Reverse bearing the Costa Rican counterstamp applied over the host cob coinage, featuring the arms of Costa Rica at center: a landscape with volcanoes and a tree, enclosed within a dotted or beaded oval cartouche. The counterstamp legend encircles the central device, reading HABILITADA EN COSTA-RICA with the assayer's initials J.B. (Juan Barth) and the denomination 1• R• (1 Real). The counterstamp impression is forcefully struck, partially obscuring the underlying host coin design, and the legend fragments are partially legible around the heavily worn and irregular cob flan. |
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