Costa Rica 1982-FM 250 colones

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71301

This specimen was lot 71301 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COSTA RICA. 250 Colones, 1982-FM. Franklin Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Conservation series. Featuring the jaguar, this sharply struck issue exhibits wholly brilliant fields and devices that are highly frosted." This NCLT accompanied a gold 1500 colones (KM 213).

Recorded mintage: 1,109.

Specification: 30.33 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-212.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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