Costa Rica 1923/1903 colon
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During the financially difficult years of 1914-1925, silver coins in Costa Rica were revalued for double the original denomination. The example shown is a 1903 50 centavos, revalued in 1923 to one colon. This specimen was lot 3300 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "COSTA RICA: Republic, AR colón, 1923, countermark type IX on 1903 AR 50 centimos, host assayer JCV, lightly cleaned, traces of original luster, Choice XF."
Recorded mintage: unknown; the host coin had a mintage of 382,000.
Specifications: 12.50 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-164.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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