COSTA RICA. AR 2 reales. 5.51 gm. 23.5 mm. Counterstamp Type V (1846). Countermarked on Spanish colonial 2 reales cob (Bolivia -Potosi). Countermark: REPUB DE CENT DE AMER 1846 around central design of a sun rising over three mountains / Countermark: Tree, denomination on sides of trunk; HABILITADA EN COSTA RICA R R around. KM 54 (Bolivia host) or 55 (Peru host). Near Very Fine countermarks; host elements indistinct.

The Zabel Collection.