Costa Rica 1835-CR F 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 1665 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $2,530. The catalog description[1] noted, "1835 F 2 escudos. CR mint. MS-62 (NGC). Types as above. Lustrous medium gold, sharply struck and attractive. A problem-free specimen and an ideal type coin. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This type was struck in Costa Rica intermittently 1828-50 but the SCWC files this under the Central American Republic. This federation was an attempt to unite all the former Spanish provinces of Central America into one country but collapsed amid recrimination and civil war.
Recorded mintage: 5,452.
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 6.67 grams, 23.10 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 15, Fr-3.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Gurdian, Raul, Contribucion al Estudio de las Monedas de Costa Rica: 100 Años de Colon, 2a Ed., San José, Costa Rica, 1997.
- Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
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