Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Costa Rica (countermarks and counterstamps)
Costa Rica, 2 reales, "lion" countermark (Type VI, 1849-57) on a Guatemala 2 reales 1861R, unique(?), ex-Amon Carter.KM-unl (host 134).6.00 grams.Choice XF countermark on a VF host, nicely toned all over, unique use of an earlier countermark on a later host. In his November 1981 auction-lot description of this coin, Almanzar simply refers to the countermark as 1889, which should mean a double countermark with CB below lion, whereas the single-sided countermark here is just a lion (Type VI, 1849-57), so we suspect this is either a contemporary counterfeit or an 1889 issue using the incorrect (old) countermark.Pedigreed to Amon G. Carter, Jr. collection and the Almanzar auction of November 1981 (lot #369).
Estimate: 400-600 USD
Costa Rica, 2 reales, "lion" countermark (Type VI, 1849-57) on a Guatemala 2 reales 1861R, unique(?), ex-Amon Carter.KM-unl (host 134).6.00 grams.Choice XF countermark on a VF host, nicely toned all over, unique use of an earlier countermark on a later host. In his November 1981 auction-lot description of this coin, Almanzar simply refers to the countermark as 1889, which should mean a double countermark with CB below lion, whereas the single-sided countermark here is just a lion (Type VI, 1849-57), so we suspect this is either a contemporary counterfeit or an 1889 issue using the incorrect (old) countermark.Pedigreed to Amon G. Carter, Jr. collection and the Almanzar auction of November 1981 (lot #369).
Estimate: 400-600 USD