Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1448. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COSTA RICA. Republic. 1848-present. AV ½ Escudo (1.49 g). Type IV countermark (double-sided, legend around lion standing left), applied circa 1849-57, on 1846 1/2 Escudo of the Central American Republic (KM 13.1). KM 80. Coin and countermark VF, a few scrapes.