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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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This face displays the obverse of the host coin with the Costa Rican counterstamp applied, showing a classical laureate female bust in left profile — likely derived from a late 18th-century Spanish colonial issue — with the date 1795 visible in the exergue below. The legend COSTA RICA · 2 R · is struck in an arc above the bust within the counterstamp impression, enclosed within a beaded border. A rectangular grid or castle device counterstamp punch is additionally visible in the central field below the bust, characteristic of the Type III application. The underlying host coin's peripheral legends remain partially legible around the rim. |
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Costa Rica's early monetary infrastructure was chronically under-resourced, and rather than strike new coinage the Casa Nacional de Moneda in Cartago repeatedly resorted to counterstamping Spanish colonial and Central American Federation coins already in circulation. The Type III counterstamp — applied in 1845 — was the third distinct validation mark used within roughly a decade, each iteration attempting to assert national monetary authority over a hodgepodge of foreign and pre-independence silver.
The host coin matters considerably here. Pieces struck over worn Guatemalan macuquinas behave very differently under examination than those on cob-cut Bolivian or Peruvian hosts, and attribution to KM#41 without noting the host is incomplete cataloging.