Costa Rica 1890-GW 50 centavos

Sedwick sale 11, lot 1162

The specimen shown was lot 1162 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Costa Rica, 50 centavos, 1890GW. Lightly cleaned UNC that is starting to retone, nice strike." This type was struck 1880-90 and is rather scarce today as many were counterstamped in 1923 to raise their value to one colon. An overdate, 1890/80, is recorded for the year.

Recorded mintage: 58,000.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 12.7 grams.

Catalog reference: KM-124.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2012.

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