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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvereagle82, post: 397998, member: 1700&quot;]Here&#039;s a 1900 Costa Rica 10 Colones I just recieved.</p><p>It&#039;s graded MS-63 by NGC. </p><p>These coins are hard to find in high grades. FWIW NGC has total POP for all three years of 1897= 1/7 - 0 Higher, 1899= 1/6 - 0 higher, 1900= 3/15 - 1 higher (MS-64). PCGS 1897= 0, 1899= 0/1 - 0 higher, 1900=0/4 - 0 higher.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have got to love the reverse design of this coin !!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/306749819o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/306749819r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Coin Information: </p><p>Design: OBVERSE:&nbsp; Bust of Christopher Columbus&nbsp; ~ REVERSE: Features the national arms – three volcanoes separating two oceans, each with a sailing ship, recalling Costa Rica’s location between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The five stars above mark the fact that Costa Rica was a member of the Central American Federation during the last century.</p><p>Mint: Philadelphia, USA</p><p>Mintage: 140,000</p><p>References: KM #140 / Fr. 20</p><p>Specifications:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Diameter – 21.0mm </p><p>Weight – 7.7800 g. @ 0.900 Gold = .2251 oz AGW</p><p>Acquired: July 2008</p><p>Providence: None</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Of interest, this coin was minted in the US at the Philadelphia Mint. One of only six countries to do so with circulating gold pieces.</p><p>- Costa Rica has the distinction of having issued the world’s only circulating gold pieces with the likeness of Christopher Columbus.</p><p>- The monetary unit,&nbsp; “Colon”, is named for Columbus (Christopher Columbus is Cristobal Colon in Spanish[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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