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8 Reales Type I Countermark
| Issuer | Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1841-1842 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Mexican republican eagle, depicted facing left and perched upon a nopal cactus growing from a rocky outcrop, with a serpent grasped in its beak. The eagle is flanked by laurel and oak branches forming a decorative wreath at the base. A small circular Costa Rican countermark — featuring a five-pointed star within a beaded circle — is applied to the eagle's body at center. The circumferential legend reads REPUBLICA MEXICANA in raised Latin letters, and a round hole pierced through the lower field of the coin is characteristic of this Costa Rican emergency issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Translation: Mexican Republic) |
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| Reverse lettering | 8·R·G·A·1840·M·C··10Ds·2Gs LIBERTAD |
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