Costa Rica 1890-H 25 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1889-93 at the Heaton mint in England and is rather scarce in nice condition despite the low value given in the SCWC. All are products of the Heaton mint. An overdate, 1890/80, is recorded for the year.

Recorded mintage: 395,000.

Specification: 6.3 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 130.

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.

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