Token - San Miguel Coffee Merchant`s Counterstamped on Indian Cent

€125,990.00
LocationCosta Rica
Year1870-1879
TypeTrade tokens/Business token
CompositionCopper-nickel
Weight4.67 g
Diameter19 mm
Thickness2.33 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
EdgeSmooth
PeriodFirst Republic (1848-1948)
Reference(s) Rulau#SJS 98
Obverse descriptionTwo round counterstamps of Habilitado (`Validated`)  Liberty head wearing an Indian feather hat, which might have been Longacre`s daughter
Obverse letteringUNITED STATES OF AMERICA HABILITADO POR F. PINTO M.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionShield at the top, face value in the middle and a knot tying the wreath holding arrows
Reverse letteringONE CENT
Reverse scriptLatin
MintUnited States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
MintageND (1870-1879)  - -
Catalog ID1951391270
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