2 Reales Type VII Countermark

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背面描述	The reverse retains the remaining design of the host coin, a British silver shilling, in heavily worn and partially obscured condition. The original device details of the host coin are largely effaced due to circulation wear and the application of the countermark, leaving only traces of the original milled design visible in the field. The edge retains remnants of the host coin's milled border. No Costa Rican legends or devices appear on this face.
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附加信息	Costa Rica lacked its own mint until 1864, forcing the young republic to rely on countermarked foreign silver to create a functioning currency. The Type VII punch — applied at the Casa de Moneda in San José — was used to authenticate and nationalize Spanish colonial 2 Reales that had circulated throughout Central America, legitimizing coins struck decades earlier in Mexico City, Lima, or Guatemala under entirely different political authority. The countermarking program was notoriously inconsistent, and multiple punch varieties exist within the Type VII classification alone.

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