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2 Reales Type I Countermark
| Emittent | Costa Rica |
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| Jahr | 1841-1842 |
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| Währung | Real (1841-1864) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Type I Costa Rican countermark applied to the obverse of a Mexican Republic 2 Reales host coin. The countermark consists of a radiant six-pointed star impressed within a recessed circular punch of approximately 7 mm diameter, applied to the left-center field of the host coin. The host coin displays the Mexican eagle — perched on a cactus with wings spread and serpent in beak — surrounded by the partial legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA, with flanking olive and laurel branches forming a wreath along the lower rim. A round hole, cut to validate the coin's reduced silver content, is visible to the right of center. |
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| Rand | Reeded |
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In the early 1840s, Costa Rica lacked the infrastructure to mint its own coinage and relied heavily on Spanish colonial and South American republican silver circulating at uncertain valuations. The Type I countermark — applied by government order to legitimize and standardize foreign silver for domestic circulation — was Costa Rica's pragmatic solution before the establishment of a functioning national mint. The punch itself is characteristically crude, a product of improvised dies rather than a purpose-built facility.
Coins bearing this mark were host pieces of varying origin, which means condition and strike quality of the countermark depend as much on the host's surface as on the application itself.