1970 BCCR GOLD COSTA RICA 50 COLONES NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO " HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION"

REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA

BANCO CENTRAL de COSTA RICA (BCCR) ISSUE

COMMEMORATING THE SIGNING OF THE PACT OF SAN JOSÉ

AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

GOLD 50 COLONES COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO

COUNTERMARK VARIETY

OBV: NATIONAL ARMS; DATE BENEATH.

REV: NUDE MALE WALKING WITHIN A LINED GLOBE; DENOMINATION BENEATH; COUNTERMARK OVER FINESS WITHIN RIGHT OF GLOBE.

KM # 195.2

THE AMERICAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PACT OF SAN JOSÉ, IS AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT SIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES IN DECEMBER, 1969, AND CAME INTO FORCE IN 1978. IT WAS ADOPTED AT THE INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA.

IT'S PURPOSE IS "TO CONSOLIDATE IN THIS HEMISPHERE, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, A SYSTEM OF LIBERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BASED ON RESPECT FOR THE ESSENTIAL RIGHTS OF MAN."

 CONTAINS 7.45 GRAMS OF 900 FINE GOLD

( 0.2156 OZ AGW )

23 MM IN DIAMETER

MINTAGE FIGURES COMBINED FOR BOTH NON-COUNTERMARKED AND COUNTERMARKED VARIETIES AT 3,507