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1 Real Type VII Countermark
| Issuer | Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1849-1857 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse retains the design of the host coin, which based on the visible imagery appears to be a British silver coin of the Victorian era, circa 1850. A crowned oval shield or cartouche is displayed at the top center, flanked by a wreath composed of olive branches on the left and oak branches on the right, tied at the base with a ribbon. The word PENCE appears in the center field within the wreath, with the date 1850 inscribed at the lower margin. The rim is bordered by a fine beaded or dentilated edge. The host coin's legends and original design elements are partially effaced or obscured by the countermarking process. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Costa Rica's countermarking program was a practical response to chronic coin shortages in a newly independent state with no established mint. Rather than strike original coinage, the government applied official punches to foreign silver already circulating — primarily Spanish colonial and Central American Federation reales — to legitimize them as national currency. The HABILITADA POR EL GOBIERNO countermark on these pieces authorized continued use under the Republic.
KM#90 spans nearly a decade of application, meaning the host coins underneath vary considerably in origin, date, and condition prior to countermarking.