^Lot 1230 Costa Rica, 2 reales, female head / ceiba tree counterstamp (Type III, 1845) on a Seville 4R 1823

Costa Rica, 2 reales, female head / ceiba tree counterstamp (Type III, 1845) on a Seville, Spain, bust 4 reales de vellon, Ferdinand VII (large head), 1823 RD, rare, NGC Fair 2, c/s VG weak. KM-43. Well-worn host and counterstamp, the obverse host legend bold from toning (rare non-Latin wording with new Constitution mentioned, per page 76 of Zamora-Chacón-Sánchez [2018]), the reverse of the counterstamp showing a bold “EL COB” (supposed to be EL GOB for El Gobierno but the G is broken).