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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1657326, member: 15445&quot;]I hope that our virtual tour guide sonlarson catches up to us at the capital of Costa Rica (San Jose).</p><p><br /></p><p>Crossing the boarder into Costa Rica we find these counter struck coins.&nbsp; Apparently, Costa Rica counter-stamped coins from other countries (including the CAR) in order to make them legal money for commerce in Costa Rica.&nbsp; They used this lion counterstamp for this purpose beginning in 1849.&nbsp; The female head counterstamp was used to designate coins equivalent to 2 Reales in 1845.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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