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You know many countries created "Trade Dollars" for use in Tibet, China, and other parts of the Orient. You know many of these coins, including the USA's "Trade Dollar", were chop marked by a local political official, merchant or banker to certify that the coin was indeed of the proper weight and assay for use in the territory or province.

You know during the revolutionary periods of Mexico many mints were seized by Iturbe, Carranza, Hildago, Zapata and others. To further the cause of freedom, they counteredmarked and counterstruck many coins with freedom symbols on them.

You know some countries counterstruck and/or countermarked their coins, instead of debasing the intrinsic metal value of their coinage during inflationary times.

In 1923 one such country was Costa Rica. Instead of debasing their new coins, they corraled older silver coins, redated them by counterstamping them on the obverse with the date in the center of a circle and, on the reverse, the denomination in the center of a circle.

They reclaimed the following 25 centavo silver coins and changed them into 50 centavos coins. The circles on both sides measure 11mm in diameter.

50 Centavos:
Old GW minted 25 centavos coins (KM#106).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#156).
Old GW minted 25 centavos coins (KM#127.1).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#157).
Old GW minted 25 centavos coins (KM#127.2).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#158).
Old Heaton Mint 25 centavos coins (KM#130).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#159).
Old JB minted 1/4 Peso coins (KM#103).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#154).
Old GW minted 25 centavos coins (KM#105).
Changed to 50 centavos coins (KM#155)..

Click here to see KM#158
www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/46-158&desc=Costa%20Rica%20km158%2050%20Centimos%20(1 923)%20counterstamped%20127

Click here to see KM#159
www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/46-159&desc=Costa%20Rica%20km159%2050%20Centimos%20(1 923)%20counterstamped%20130

Un Colon:

They reclaimed the following 50 centavos coins and changed them to UN COLON coins. The circles on both sides of these are 14 mm diameter.

Old GW minted 50 centavos coins (KM#112).
Changed to UN COLON coins (KM#162
Old GCR minted 50 centavos coins (KM#150).
Changed to UN COLON coins (KM#165).
OLD GW minted 50 centavos coins ((KM#124).
Changed to UN COLON coins (KM#163)..
Old JCV, GCR, and CY minted 50 centavois coins (KM#143).
Changed to UN COLON coins (KM#164).
Click here to see KM#163::
http://www.worldcoingallery.com/coun...rstamped%20124
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