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1 Escudo Costa Rica
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Central America |
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| Year | 1828-1850 |
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| Currency | Real (1824-1851) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a radiant sun with a human face rising above a row of five volcanoes, representing the five states of the Central American Federation. The scene is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the national legend arranged in the outer border and the date placed in the exergue or lower portion of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | •REPUBLICA DEL CENTRO DE AMER• 1849 (Translation: Central America Republic 1849) |
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| Reverse lettering | •LIBRE CREZCA FECUNDO• 1• E• CR•J•B•210 (Translation: Free grows fertile One Escudo Costa Rica JB 21 Karats) |
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