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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Republic of Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1866-1868 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | AMERICA CENTRAL DOS PESOS 21 Q G. W. (Translation: Central America Two Pesos 21 Karats) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Costa Rica's gold coinage of the 1860s was struck under contract at the Philadelphia Mint, a practical arrangement for a young republic without domestic minting infrastructure capable of handling gold. The 2 Pesos falls within the short series produced during this window, after which Costa Rica would eventually shift to a decimal monetary system and retire the Peso denominations entirely by the 1890s.
KM#113 is a notably low-mintage type across all three years of issue combined. Philadelphia production records from this period are incomplete for foreign contract work, which complicates census analysis.