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

Location Costa Rica
Year 1870-1879
Type Trade token
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 4.67 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness 2.33 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge Smooth
Period First Republic (1848-1948)
Notice
Reference(s) Rulau#SJS 98
Obverse description Two round counterstamps of Habilitado (`Validated`) Liberty head wearing an Indian feather hat, which might have been Longacre`s daughter
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HABILITADO POR F. PINTO M.
Reverse description Shield at the top, face value in the middle and a knot tying the wreath holding arrows
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ONE CENT
Mint United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 1951391270
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