2 Reales Type III Counterstamp

Issuer	Casa Nacional de Moneda de Costa Rica
Year	1845
Type	Emergency coin
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Obverse description	This face bears the Costa Rican Type III counterstamp applied over the reverse of an earlier Spanish colonial or Latin American silver host coin. The counterstamp consists of a crowned oak tree motif within a dotted circular border, with the legend HABILITADA POR EL GOB. (Authorized by the Government) surrounding the device. The underlying host coin's design — featuring a crowned royal arms with castles and lions — remains partially visible in the field beneath the overstrike. The counterstamp was applied by the Casa Nacional de Moneda de Costa Rica to validate foreign silver coinage for domestic circulation.
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Mintage	1845: ND (1845)
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