Costa Rica 1864-GW peso oro
This specimen was lot 31248 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $188. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold Peso 1864-GW, XF Details (Mount Removed) NGC. Good details with a few noticeable marks along the edges." After several misfired attempted to strike a national coinage in the 1850's, the Costa Ricans tried again with a decimal coinage in 1864. This gold peso was accompanied by a silver twenty-five centavos (KM 105 and 106). The next year, a copper-nickel centavo (KM 109) and silver five centavos (KM 110), ten centavos (KM 111) and fifty centavos (KM 112) were added. Eventually other gold denominations appeared but in very limited numbers as bullion was scarce in Central America.
Recorded Mintage: 6,383.
Specification: 1.52 g, 0.875 fine gold, .043 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 107.1.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
- 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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