COSTA RICA. Countermarked coinage. 1849-1857. AV escudo. 3.09 gm. 19 mm. Type VII. Countermark on Central American Repubic escudo, KM 14 dated 1844. .0949 AGW. Radiant sun rising over mountains, lion walking left countermark / A tree dividing the denomination, lion countermark. KM 84. Good Very Fine.

The Zabel Collection.