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2 Reales Type III Counterstamp

Issuer Costa Rica
Year 1845
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering COSTA RICA 2 R
(Translation: Costa Rica 2 Reales)
Reverse description The reverse displays the Costa Rican counterstamp of a stylized oak tree surmounted by a crown, enclosed within a beaded oval cartouche, with the legend HABILITADA POR EL GOB. distributed around the tree. The host coin's reverse is visible beneath the counterstamp and features the crowned royal arms of Castile and León with the denomination 4 and mint mark flanking the shield, surrounded by the legend HISPANARUM ET IND. REX and the mintmark MA.
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