Costa Rica 1897 10 colones
The first specimen was lot 33690 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Costa Rica: Republic gold 10 Colones 1897 MS64 NGC, San Jose mint. Displaying vibrant cartwheel bloom and a bold strike." The second specimen was lot 71589 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[2] noted, "COSTA RICA. 10 Colones, 1897. Philadelphia Mint. PCGS MS-64. A yellow-gold specimen with great luster and few marks. The finest graded by PCGS with a population of 1. From the David Sterling Collection." After dropping the peso in 1897, Costa Rica issued gold two, five, ten and twenty colones during 1897-1900; only the two colones survived until 1928. The twenty colones is scarce but the other denominations are available for a price.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 7.78 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 140, Fr-20.
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- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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