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Revista Reflexiones

On-line version ISSN 1659-2859Print version ISSN 1021-1209

Abstract

VARGAS ZAMORA, José A.  and  CHACON HIDALGO, Manuel B.. From the genie to the indians: medals and coins proclaimed new governments in costa rica (1821-1850). Reflexiones [online]. 2016, vol.95, n.1, pp.51-71. ISSN 1659-2859.

Independence from the Spanish government was decreed by Guatemala in 1821 and commemorated by the release of a medal on which the genie of liberty separates the New from the Old World. In 1822 the proclamation of Agustín Io as emperor was also made known by the production of medals in the cities of Chiapas, Guatemala, León, and perhaps in Cartago. Proclamation medals were a tradition brought from Spain to the New World and were accompanied by ceremonies and festivities under a complex protocol. This work provides information on the meanings of the figures engraved on medals and coins issued between 1821 and 1850. It also includes data on the first conmmemorative coin of Costa Rica, which proclaimed the Constitution of 1847, as well as on the issues related to the foundation of the Republic of Costa Rica in 1848. It emphasizes the fact that coins and medals also served as means of propaganda for a public that in general lacked access to printed information or was illiterate.

Keywords : Constitution of 1847; silver reale;, mariquitas; Iturbide; coffee.

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