1 Escudo
Features
| Issuer |
Costa Rica
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
First Republic (1848-1948)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1850-1855 |
| Value | 1 Escudo (2) |
| Currency | Peso (1850-1864) |
| Composition | Gold (.875) (Copper .125) |
| Weight | 3.1 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 26372 |
| References | KM# 98 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Coat of arms with legend at top and date at bottom
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
1850
Translation: Republic of Costa Rica
Engraver: Juan Barth
Reverse
Female with bow and arrows reclining on column with Independence date. With legend at top. Fineness, value and assayer's initials at bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
AMERICA CENTRAL
15
DE
SETE.
DE
1821
21 Qs. 1 E J. B.
Unabridged legend:
America Central
15
de
Septiembre
de
1821
21 Quilate 1 Escudo Juan Barth
Translation:
Central America
15th
of
September,
1821
21 Karats
Engraver: Juan Barth
Mint
Casa Nacional de Moneda de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica (1828-1947)Mark
| JB | Juan Barth, Assayer, Casa Nacional de Moneda de Costa Rica (1846-1862) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1850 | JB | 
|
6 167 | 78% | |||||||||||
| 1851 | JB |
|
4 388 | $ 820 | 56% | ||||||||||
| 1853 | JB | 180 | 56% | ||||||||||||
| 1855 | JB |
|
4 095 | 56% | |||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 89
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Bullion value: USD 377.41
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Actual gold weight: 0.087 oz
Current gold price: 4327.65 USD/oz (see gold price 
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