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Country: Costa Rica
Period: First Republic (1848-1948)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1889 (1889-1892)
Grade: VG/F
Mintage 260,000
Mint: Heaton
Value: 10 Centavos (0.1)
Currency: Peso (decimalized, 1863-1896)
Metal: Silver (.750)
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Shape: Round
Technique: Milled
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized: 24 October 1896
Reference: KM# 129
Obverse:
Flagged coat of arms supported by wreath. With legend at top and date at bottom.
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
1889
Translation:
Costa Rica Republic
1889
Engraver: Guillermo Witting.
Reverse:
Value within wreath. With legend at top. Fineness and mint at bottom.
Lettering:
AMERICA CENTRAL
10
CENTAVOS
9 Ds. HEATON BIRMm.
Translation:
Central America
10 Cents
0.750 Heaton Birmingham
Edge:
Reeded.
Mint:
HEATON → Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003).
Reference : KM# 129
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Collection : South & Central America coins