A 160 años de la fundación de la Republica de Costa Rica: sus primeras monedas de oro (1850-1864)
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2013 |
| Descripción: | On August 30th, 1848, Dr. Castro Madriz (last Chief of State and first President), issued the decree by which Costa Rica left the Central American Federation and became a Republic. Between 1850 and 1864 the gold coins of the Republic of Costa Rica, with face values of 1⁄2, 1, 2 and 4 escudos, had the Coat of Arms engraved on the obverse and a standing indian woman on the reverse. In this paper I describe: the details of the figure of the standing indian, and of similar figures in other coins, the number of coins minted and their abundance today, and also the presentation of gold coins as a reward to the soldiers of the National Campaign against the filibusters (1856-57). I also include information on the gold mines of the Aguacate mountains, the miners who extracted the mineral, the methods used to test the gold content of coins, and the assayers of the San José Mint in the mid XIX century. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/10053 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/herencia/article/view/10053 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | costa rica san josé mint gold coins 1850 to 1864 escudos onzas standing indian woman numismatics aguacate gold mines assayers casa de moneda de san josé monedas de oro 1850 a 1864 india en pie numismática minas del aguacate ensayadores |