August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
COSTA RICA. Costa Rica - Peru. 8 Reales, 1846. San Jose Mint. NGC Fine Details--Holed. Countermark: EF Standard.
KM-58 (this coin cited and illustrated). Type V countermarks: "Radiant sun over mountains" and "Ceiba tree with 2-R" within circular punches on the obverse and reverse of a 1701-LIMA H Peru Cob 8 Reales of Philip V (KM-31). An additional countermark "large, thin 8 with 8R on the middle" on the obverse. Despite the noted holing, a typical aspect for this countermarked series, the present example stands as an undoubted RARITY, with a rather elusive host coin and charming detail remaining. The additional countermark is quite unusual in and of itself, and is noted for the entry in KM for this type, for which it serves as the plate coin. It is interesting to point out that the present piece is somewhat sneaky in that the host is Peru rather than its more common Bolivian counterpart. Though the date is slightly obscured, the Lima mint Assayer H began in 1699 and ended in 1708 and then again in 1710. Therefore the date of the host can only be 1701.
Ex: Richard Stuart Collection. Plated in Resellos de Costa Rica page 32.
Estimate: $5000.00- $10000.00
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| Price realized | 10'000 USD |
| Starting price | 3'000 USD |
