909. Costa Rica (struck at the
Philadelphia mint), gold 5 colones, 1900, Columbus, NGC MS 62. KM-
142. Good luster despite some surface granularity, nice color. NGC #2816406002. Estimate: $200-$300.
910. Costa Rica (struck at the Philadelphia mint), gold 2 colones, 1915, Columbus, NGC MS 65. KM-139.
Muted luster but satin-smooth fields with no marks at all, very small mintage of just 5,000 coins. NGC #4739431-004. Estimate: $300-$450.
915. Costa Rica, 50 centavos, 1885GW, without CB, NGC
911. Costa Rica (struck at the Philadelphia mint), gold 2 colones, 1926, Columbus, NGC MS 66.
916. Costa Rica, 10 centavos, 1865GW, NGC AU 50. KM-111.
AU 55. KM-124. Choice luster for the grade, with crisp details and nearly prooflike fields with light surface hairlines, no engraver’s initials at bottom of wreath. NGC #4725158-010. Estimate: $125-$200.
KM-139. Cartwheel luster on satin-smooth fields
with only the faintest of bagmarks on obverse, second highest grade in NGC census. NGC #2810343-001. Estimate: $150-$225.
Lightly rainbow toned over muted luster, light smoothing on leaves above trunk of tree. NGC #4660443003. Estimate: $150-$225.
917. Costa Rica, 5 centavos, 1872GW, NGC F 15. KM-110.
Silver and other metals
912. Costa Rica, 1/2 real, 1842MM, Carrillo, NGC AU details / obverse cleaned. KM-32. Very
bold strike with slightly crude rims (as made, steel-gray toning and hairlines on high points on obverse. NGC #5846759-001. Estimate: $200-$300.
Crude strike with flatness at top on obverse, weak leaves and die-crack on reverse, deeply rainbow toned all over, still a competent example for this scarce date. NGC #2814369004. Estimate: $125-$200.
913. Costa Rica, 1/8 peso, 1853JB, NGC MS 61, finest known in NGC census. KM-102.
Rather lustrous for the grade, with light rainbow toning around details, minor die-porosity, tops at NGC by two grades. NGC #5846759-010. Estimate: $200-$300.
918. Costa Rica (struck at the Heaton mint, Birmingham,
914. San Miguel, Costa Rica,
copper-nickel 1 centavo token, double countermark for Francisco Pinto (ca. 1870) on a US Indian Head cent, 1862, NGC VF details / cleaned, Rulau Plate.
England), 25 centavos, 1893, NGC MS 64. KM-130. Brilliant luster on satin-smooth surfaces, no wear and virtually no marks, bright white all over. NGC #2824619-004. Estimate: $150-$225.
Bold full countermarks saying HABILITADO POR F. PINTO M. in reference to the coffee estates of Francisco Pinto, both deeply impressed on obverse of light-colored host with full details outside the countermarked areas, with the exception of the date, which is clear despite being overmarked (not mentioned on label). Plated in Russell Rulau’s Latin American Tokens, 2nd edition (2000). NGC #5846759-005. Estimate: $150-$225.
Cuba (under Spain)
Rulau-SJS-98.
919. Cuba (Mayarí), silver 1/2-real(?) token with MORALES
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in incuse box above 1-over-2 denomination on obverse and Bourbon arms on reverse, made from a US Seated Liberty half dime (1800s), very rare. KM-unl. 1.08 grams. Fine with mottled
toning and spot of orange encrustation, old scratches on obverse, small square hole near edge at top. Odd design with oversized arms on reverse and punched marks on obverse believed to denote a 1/2-real denomination within a series that also includes 10 and 20 centavos on US dimes and Spanish colonial 2 reales respectively, the highest denomination showing a clear DE MAYARI below the arms. Estimate: $700-$1,000.
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