January 2025 Country of the Month Costa Rica

Coinlover101

This could be a bit of fun for the year ahead.
I used a random country generator to select the January Country of the Month.

The idea is that you buy a coin from the selected country , contribute to the discussion and perhaps post up some older purchases.

Here is my latest purchase, I know it's not January yet, a Costa Rica 2 Colones from 1900 graded MS64 by our hosts. The mintage figure is 45,000 so the coin is relatively scarce but it seems to me that these coins are somewhat relatively available in good grades AU/MS.

I note that Eliasberg had an NGC MS65 example.

So go hunting, have fun, discuss and show us your Costa Rican coins!!

History of Costa Rican coinage

https://www.mintageworld.com/media/detail/3102-history-of-costa-rican-coinage/

scubafuel

Good idea! Here is a 1 escudo from Costa Rica dated 1851. This type was minted in 1/2,1,2 and half Onza denominations. They are usually struck with weakness and finding a well detailed piece is a challenge.

WillieBoyd2

This Costa Rica coin was a Coinstar find on August 2, 2020:

Costa Rica 100 Colones 2007
Brass, 29 mm, 8.94 gm

Euclid

scubafuel

@Euclid nice denomination set!

Coinlover101

Some Costa Rican rarities courtesy of the Eliasberg World Gold auction catalogue.

MrEureka

1849 4 Escudos struck in silver.