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2 Reales Type I Countermark

Issuer Costa Rica
Year 1841-1842
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Weight 6.77 g
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Reverse description Host coin reverse displaying the crowned Royal Arms of Spain — the quartered shield bearing castles and lions, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules with flowing banners — as struck at the Lima Mint for the Spanish colonial 2 Reales series. The circular legend reads .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. LIMAE. 2R. P., identifying the issuing authority, mint, denomination, and assayer initial. The design is presented in the characteristic machined style of late 18th-century Lima coinage. A central round hole, introduced during the Costa Rican cutting and holing process, interrupts the lower portion of the shield. The image is inverted relative to the obverse, consistent with medal alignment.
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