Costa Rica 1903 2 centimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The colon was introduced in 1897 and reformed in 1917 and 1920. This two centimos is a product of the Philadelphia mint. Altho this is the only issue of this denomination, it is common in all grades despite a good portion being restruck into five centimos.

Recorded mintage: 630,000 of which 274,000 where restruck into five centimos in 1942.

Specification: 1 g, copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 144.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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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